Paul Kim, MD
Neurological Surgery · Charlotte, NCNPI 1639362700
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (39.2%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 53.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $406,579, 2.8 times the $146,322 reported in 2019. Among neurological surgery clinicians in NC 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 983 payments — averaging $1564.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$824K
- Medtronic$650K
- Bioventus LLC$37K
- Boston Scientific$9K
- Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.$6K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
- plus $9K from 18 others
Across 49 payments — averaging $5273.47 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.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$115K
- Globus Medical$92K
- Pfizer$51K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$602,82539%
- Consulting fees$503,01433%
- Speaking & faculty fees$340,32622%
- Travel & lodging$67,4264%
- Food & beverage$24,6852%
- Education$990%
- Entertainment$70%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 324 | $823,727 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 497 | $650,039 |
| Bioventus LLC | 37 | $37,020 |
| Boston Scientific | 54 | $9,096 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $5,850 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $4,095 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 5 | $2,914 |
| Mirus, LLC | 7 | $1,623 |
| Stryker | 15 | $1,260 |
| VB Spine LLC | 13 | $1,160 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 2 | $432 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $365 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 4 | $167 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $148 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 3 | $145 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $71 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Exelixis Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $22 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $14 |
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.
- ALTERA$299,833
- Archon$175,251
- CREO 5.5/6.0 Non Threaded$72,095
- CLYDESDALE PTC SPINAL SYSTEM$68,366
- CREO$58,459
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$46,399
- CD HORIZON$30,684
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$29,959
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$29,832
- CORBEL$25,022
- CREO 5.5$18,525
- ELEVATE$17,236
- INDEPENDENCE$16,763
- ELSA$13,668
- XLIF$13,498
- RISE-L$12,511
- MARS Lateral ALIF$12,112
- Anthem$11,900
- ELSA ATP$11,525
- Sable$10,577
How this compares
$1,538,382 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 196 neurological surgery providers in North Carolina.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 66 | $580 |
| Gabapentin | 69 | $549 |
| Methocarbamol | 48 | $374 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 44 | $367 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 24 | $115 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $81 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $77 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $19 |
| Meloxicam | 21 | $12 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Charlotte
- Domagoj CoricCharlotte$2.3M
- Matthew McGirtCharlotte$693K
- Tim AdamsonCharlotte$470K
- Michael BohlCharlotte$120K
- Vincent RossiCharlotte$104K
- Joe BernardCharlotte$101K
- Andrew HealyCharlotte$99K
- Anthony AsherCharlotte$93K
- Frederick FingerCharlotte$73K
- Joseph CheatleCharlotte$44K
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.