Martin Pham, MD
Neurological Surgery · Los Angeles, CANPI 1609130921
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $363,848 of the $595,738 with a category attached, or 61.1%. Medtronic accounts for 87.4% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among neurological surgery clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 560 payments — averaging $1063.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$520K
- Globus Medical$39K
- Carlsmed, Inc.$34K
- Viseon, Inc.$1K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$503
- Centinel Spine, LLC$190
- plus $300 from 4 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $24,921 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Carlsmed, Inc.$75K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$176,22630%
- Speaking & faculty fees$363,84861%
- Travel & lodging$43,0977%
- Food & beverage$12,5672%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 452 | $520,493 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 78 | $39,287 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 16 | $33,515 |
| Viseon, Inc. | 2 | $1,450 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 2 | $503 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 2 | $190 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $164 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 2 | $63 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $48 |
| Elevate Surgical Co | 1 | $24 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$63,891
- MazorX - Renaissance$63,806
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$41,691
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$38,238
- O-ARM-ST$36,186
- INFINITY OCCIPITOCERVICAL UPPER THORACIC SYSTEM$35,524
- aprevo$33,289
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$28,260
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$25,745
- STEALTH AUTOGUIDE SYSTEM$23,995
- UNID_PASS$22,120
- ZEPHIR$9,624
- INSTRUMENTS$8,450
- DIVERGENCE-L ANTERIOR/OBLIQUE LUMBAR FUSION SYSTEM$7,500
- XLIF$6,300
- O-ARM$4,550
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$4,489
- Sable$4,250
- StealthStation$4,060
- CD HORIZON$3,884
How this compares
$595,738 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 773 neurological surgery providers in California.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other neurological surgery in Los Angeles
- Larry KhooLos Angeles$2.8M
- Aaron Cohen-GadolLos Angeles$1.3M
- Geoffrey ColbyLos Angeles$1.1M
- Langston HollyLos Angeles$846K
- Linda LiauLos Angeles$783K
- Adam MamelakLos Angeles$678K
- Carl LauryssenLos Angeles$571K
- Vivek MehtaLos Angeles$442K
- Patrick HsiehLos Angeles$345K
- Tiffany PerryLos Angeles$312K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.