Takashi Hirase
Orthopaedic Surgery · la Jolla, CANPI 1205332475
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 138 payments — averaging $105.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$6K
- Stryker$2K
- Icotec Medical Inc.$2K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$688
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$597
- plus $2K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,50010%
- Travel & lodging$3,15622%
- Food & beverage$9,83968%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 43 | $5,507 |
| Stryker | 37 | $2,349 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 7 | $1,520 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 19 | $1,372 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $688 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 6 | $597 |
| Onkos Surgical, Inc. | 4 | $564 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $475 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 2 | $322 |
| Degen Medical, Inc. | 3 | $317 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $156 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $153 |
| 4web, Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 1 | $21 |
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.
- INFUSE BONE GRAFT$1,500
- Xvision$1,395
- icotec BlackArmor Spine System$1,223
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$1,013
- MAKO$746
- PRESTIGE LP CERVICAL DISC SYSTEM$694
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$659
- O-ARM$635
- ELEOS LIMB SALVAGE SYSTEM$547
- Other - Miscellaneous$535
- Mariner$479
- NorthStar$479
- N/A$438
- AEQUALIS$326
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$311
- Excelsius - GPS$277
- RELINE$205
- PCM$202
- Excelsius3D Imaging System$175
- UNID_PASS$175
How this compares
$14,495 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,808 orthopaedic surgery providers in California.
Other orthopaedic surgery in la Jolla
- Robert Eastlackla Jolla$4.1M
- Behrooz Akbarniala Jolla$2.6M
- James Bruffeyla Jolla$1.1M
- Bradford HackArcadia$18.3M
- Robert GorabOrange$14.5M
- Kelly VinceLos Angeles$9.6M
- Stephen HowellSacramento$9.4M
- Thomas CoonRed Bluff$9.2M
- Peter NewtonSan Diego$7M
- Nirav AminPlacentia$5.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.