Samuel Kim
Neurological Surgery · Mesa, AZNPI 1215917091
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (49.0%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 42.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $11,550 and has fallen 74.0% since, to $3,009 in 2025.
Across 245 payments — averaging $143.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$15K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$7K
- Abbott$4K
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- plus $4K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,80036%
- Travel & lodging$4,63313%
- Food & beverage$17,24249%
- Education$3691%
- Entertainment$1360%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 95 | $14,953 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 21 | $6,662 |
| Abbott | 30 | $3,984 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 10 | $1,986 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 10 | $1,815 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 23 | $1,682 |
| Nevro Corp. | 13 | $1,089 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 8 | $1,038 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 9 | $387 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $361 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $215 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $155 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $140 |
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $125 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 2 | $107 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $89 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $63 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Trackx Technology, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Natus Medical Incorporated | 1 | $15 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $7 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $5 |
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.
- Admiral$5,167
- ES2$5,123
- ALEUTIAN$3,000
- Velys$1,616
- NorthStar$1,615
- 7D Surgical System$1,460
- PROCLAIM$1,203
- Proclaim IPG$943
- Medical Device$821
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$806
- TRITANIUM$799
- ANCHOR C$620
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$528
- VIPER$459
- CONDUIT$447
- SYMPHONY$386
- ADHERUS AUTOSPRAY DURAL SEALANT$354
- Mariner$286
- Octrode SCS Leads$275
- Medical Devices$266
How this compares
$35,179 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 173 neurological surgery providers in Arizona.
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 Mesa
- Robert SpetzlerPhoenix$12.8M
- Juan UribePhoenix$6.7M
- Stephen PapadopoulosPhoenix$6M
- Volker SonntagPhoenix$2M
- Richard ChuaTucson$1.3M
- Jay TurnerPhoenix$1.2M
- Steve ChangChandler$1.1M
- Frederick MarcianoScottsdale$809K
- Michael LawtonPhoenix$761K
- Li-Mei LinTucson$653K
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.