Phillip Yuan, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Long Beach, CANPI 1821077595
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (47.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 36 manufacturers reported payments, led by Choice Spine, LLC at 32.7% of the total. Among orthopedic surgery clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 281 payments — averaging $213.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Choice Spine, LLC$20K
- Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc$11K
- Globus Medical$6K
- Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc.$5K
- Medtronic$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- plus $12K from 30 others
Across 63 payments — averaging $3970.82 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.
- Pfizer$107K
- Prosidyan, Inc$55K
- Mesoblast, Inc.$55K
- Si-bone, Inc.$16K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$11K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$7K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$28,70048%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,5004%
- Travel & lodging$12,63921%
- Food & beverage$16,12827%
- Entertainment$240%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Choice Spine, LLC | 15 | $19,617 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 10 | $11,214 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 34 | $6,270 |
| Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $5,247 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 60 | $3,357 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 49 | $2,187 |
| Stryker | 13 | $1,957 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 9 | $1,894 |
| Bioventus LLC | 7 | $1,247 |
| Prosidyan, Inc | 1 | $1,000 |
| Saxum Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $993 |
| Arthrex | 12 | $728 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 10 | $636 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 7 | $584 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 4 | $421 |
| Nevro Corp. | 5 | $381 |
| Spineology Inc. | 4 | $362 |
| Ossdsign USA Incorporated | 3 | $280 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $244 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 4 | $199 |
| Amgen | 2 | $193 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 5 | $133 |
| Circinus Medical Technology LLC | 1 | $133 |
| Abbott | 3 | $110 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 2 | $107 |
| Osseus Fusion Systems, LLC | 1 | $90 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 2 | $79 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $60 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| 4web, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Merck | 1 | $23 |
| Nexxt Spine LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- VEO$13,343
- MagnetOs$10,974
- Blackhawk$5,693
- Tiger Shark$5,693
- Blackbird$5,693
- Tomcat$5,693
- VEO Lateral Interbody Fusion System$4,931
- Blackhawk Cervical Spacer System$3,326
- Stratofuse$3,326
- Triton$2,906
- Thunderbolt Minimally Invasive Pedicle Screw Systems$2,456
- ALIF$2,000
- i-FACTOR Putty$1,656
- Excelsius - GPS$1,483
- Spine$1,021
- FIBERGRAFT$1,000
- Boomerang$869
- AERO-LL$866
- NEXUS-10 MKII$750
- Excelsius Robotics System$643
How this compares
$59,991 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 130 orthopedic 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 68 | $702 |
| Gabapentin | 93 | $587 |
| Methylprednisolone | 28 | $239 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 38 | $235 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 29 | $118 |
| Meloxicam | 11 | $28 |
| Diazepam | 21 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopedic surgery in Long Beach
- Peter KurzweilLong Beach$494K
- Jesse CaballeroLong Beach$8K
- William WardenLong Beach$2K
- Albert TsaiLong Beach$2K
- Marshall ChingOroville$17.8M
- Ran SchwarzkopfOrange$2M
- Brian ChingOroville$1.4M
- Scott Hackerla Mesa$434K
- Richard NussbaumSherman Oaks$238K
- William KimTorrance$164K
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.