Sean Armin, MD
Neurological Surgery · Valley Village, CANPI 1386850436
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (47.3%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intrinsic Therapeutics at 33.5% of the total.
Across 51 payments — averaging $180.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intrinsic Therapeutics$3K
- Cerapedics Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$924
- The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education$800
- Camber Spine Technologies LLC$450
- plus $1K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,36047%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,50016%
- Travel & lodging$91010%
- Food & beverage$2,44427%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 2 | $3,082 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $1,500 |
| Boston Scientific | 19 | $1,197 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 4 | $924 |
| The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education | 1 | $800 |
| Camber Spine Technologies LLC | 1 | $450 |
| Abbott | 3 | $338 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $259 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $112 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $110 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $74 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 1 | $69 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $67 |
| CTL Medical Corporation | 1 | $65 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $40 |
| Medtronic | 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.
- BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE)$6,000
- i-FACTOR Putty$1,500
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$574
- Spira-C$450
- ETERNA$138
- PROCLAIM$112
- Walter$112
- CLARITY RETRACTOR SYSTEM-LATERAL$110
How this compares
$9,213 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 773 neurological 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.
Other neurological surgery in Valley Village
- Christopher AmesSan Francisco$7.1M
- Larry KhooLos Angeles$2.8M
- Samy AbdouSan Diego$2.4M
- Bret AbshireMurrieta$2.3M
- William TaylorSan Diego$2.1M
- Tooraj GravoriEncino$2M
- Ali MesiwalaRancho Cucamonga$1.5M
- Joseph OsorioSan Diego$1.3M
- Ian JohnsonFresno$1.3M
- Aaron Cohen-GadolLos Angeles$1.3M
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.