Paul Kim, MD
Pain Medicine · San Diego, CANPI 1871517110
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 288 payments — averaging $28.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$1K
- Nevro Corp.$734
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$554
- Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$476
- plus $2K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,25015%
- Travel & lodging$5547%
- Food & beverage$6,35478%
- Education$350%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 66 | $1,885 |
| Abbott | 93 | $1,492 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 2 | $1,271 |
| Nevro Corp. | 41 | $734 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $554 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 8 | $476 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $326 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 9 | $125 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $120 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $110 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $110 |
| Eisai Inc. | 5 | $74 |
| Novartis | 4 | $71 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $68 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $56 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $47 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $42 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $42 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $36 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $35 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Amgen | 1 | $31 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $27 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $24 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $13 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Superion ISS$1,250
- Other - Miscellaneous$554
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$246
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$124
- RESTORE$123
- NEOX$121
- CLARIX$121
- GENERAL TACHY$100
How this compares
$8,193 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 840 pain medicine 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 176 | $6,763 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 82 | $2,647 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 55 | $1,555 |
| Gabapentin | 122 | $1,400 |
| Lidocaine | 12 | $917 |
| Baclofen | 40 | $533 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 77 | $445 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 35 | $424 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate ErZolpidem Tartrate | 11 | $322 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 13 | $305 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 17 | $266 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 27 | $170 |
| Pregabalin | 12 | $155 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 12 | $134 |
| Methocarbamol | 15 | $113 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in San Diego
- Nathaniel SchusterSan Diego$366K
- Mark WallaceSan Diego$340K
- Gemayel LeeSan Diego$131K
- Clayton VargaSan Diego$112K
- Jessica OswaldSan Diego$90K
- Kevin SmithSan Diego$80K
- Eric GrigsbyNapa$3.2M
- Jason PopeSanta Rosa$2.8M
- Javid GhandehariSanta Monica$2.7M
- Alexander HerselThousand Oaks$2.1M
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.