Stephen Kim, MD
Gastroenterology · Los Angeles, CANPI 1215158829
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $36,115 of the $44,894 with a category attached, or 80.4%. Boston Scientific accounts for 97.7% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $22,163 and has fallen 61.6% since, to $8,506 in 2025. Among gastroenterology 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 111 payments — averaging $404.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$44K
- Conmed Corporation$322
- Covidien LP$211
- Steris Corporation$142
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$140
- Olympus America Inc.$133
- plus $100 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7502%
- Speaking & faculty fees$36,11580%
- Travel & lodging$1,3193%
- Food & beverage$6,71115%
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 | 103 | $43,847 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $322 |
| Covidien LP | 2 | $211 |
| Steris Corporation | 1 | $142 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $140 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $100 |
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.
- EXALT Model D$11,843
- SPYGLASS$9,497
- GENERAL - BILIARY DEVICES$2,111
- CONMED BILIARY$322
- OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System$280
- ORISE$262
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$245
- EXALT$189
- RESOLUTION CLIP$161
- Beacon$161
- EXALT BX 2$145
- NA$142
- ONIVYDE$140
- OverStitch NXT Endoscopic Suturing System$139
- VISIGLIDE$133
- EndoClot SIS$133
- Single Use Electrosurgical Knife KD-655$133
- AXIOS$123
How this compares
$44,894 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,885 gastroenterology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 13 | $709 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 15 | $48 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Los Angeles
- Bennett RothLos Angeles$2.8M
- Sammy SaabLos Angeles$1.9M
- Sadeea AbbasiLos Angeles$556K
- Gil MelmedLos Angeles$467K
- Venkataraman MuthusamyLos Angeles$297K
- Caroline HwangLos Angeles$279K
- Adarsh ThakerLos Angeles$241K
- Andres YarurLos Angeles$218K
- Joseph PisegnaLos Angeles$210K
- Steven-Huy HanLos Angeles$194K
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.