Patrick Kim, MD
Neurological Surgery · Tampa, FLNPI 1922482322
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (58.4%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 82.5% of it on its own, with 26 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $90,297, more than ten times the $2,181 reported in 2019.
Across 335 payments — averaging $432.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$120K
- Elliquence, LLC$6K
- Coastal Medical Technologies LLC$5K
- Globus Medical$5K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$1K
- plus $5K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$18,42513%
- Speaking & faculty fees$84,54058%
- Travel & lodging$29,13020%
- Food & beverage$12,4989%
- Education$1370%
- Entertainment$820%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 174 | $119,528 |
| Elliquence, LLC | 1 | $6,000 |
| Coastal Medical Technologies LLC | 63 | $4,948 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 17 | $4,911 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 14 | $2,629 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 11 | $1,331 |
| Stryker | 12 | $994 |
| Irras USA, Inc. | 1 | $936 |
| CTL Medical Corporation | 2 | $716 |
| Amplify Surgical, Inc. | 4 | $544 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 2 | $474 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 9 | $365 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 8 | $194 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 3 | $151 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $149 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $148 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Nexus Medical Technologies LLC | 1 | $104 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $92 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $84 |
| NSK America Corporation | 1 | $82 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $55 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$4,260
- CONDUIT$1,249
- DIVERGENCE-L$1,020
- IRRASflow$936
- Raphael Pedicle Screw System$716
- ARTHREX$500
- Invictus MIS$474
- Sable$323
- XLIF$296
- dualX and DualPortal$249
- ALTERA$213
- VIPER$192
- CORE$175
- ADHERUS AUTOSPRAY ET DURAL SEALANT$170
- N/A$169
- Pulse$150
- FLOSEAL$149
- CMF$148
- dualX and dual Portal$144
- STRATAFIX$137
How this compares
$144,812 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 556 neurological surgery providers in Florida.
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 Tampa
- Rohit VasanTampa$1.5M
- Puya AlikhaniTampa$582K
- Steven TresserTampa$388K
- Elias DakwarTampa$348K
- Juan Valdivia ValdiviaTampa$208K
- Kunal VakhariaTampa$190K
- Gabriel Gonzales PortilloTampa$150K
- Stephen ParkerJacksonville$18.7M
- Eric PetersonMiami$10.1M
- Brian SnellingBoca Raton$10M
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.