Won Kim
Neurological Surgery · Los Angeles, CANPI 1508022997
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $13,113 of the $18,525 with a category attached, or 70.8%. Monteris Medical Corporation accounts for 78.9% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $12,202 and has fallen 94.7% since, to $650 in 2025.
Across 55 payments — averaging $336.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Monteris Medical Corporation$15K
- Stryker$1K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$731
- Brainlab, Inc.$722
- Medtronic$357
- Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC$310
- plus $525 from 5 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $1865.74 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.
- Monteris Medical Corporation$13K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,11371%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3102%
- Travel & lodging$1,6579%
- Food & beverage$3,42719%
- Education$180%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 25 | $14,617 |
| Stryker | 14 | $1,264 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $731 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 2 | $722 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $357 |
| Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $310 |
| Viz.ai, Inc. | 1 | $190 |
| Clearpoint Neuro, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $138 |
| Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Neuroblate$14,175
- CODMAN CERTAS$731
- CUSA CLARITY$731
- DURASEAL EXACT SPINAL SEALANT SYSTEM$731
- Image Guided Surgical Device$700
- CODMAN HAKIM$545
- ADHERUS AUTOSPRAY DURAL SEALANT$383
- CORE$345
- DURAGEN DURAL GRAFT MATRIX$344
- ADHERUS AUTOSPRAY ET DURAL SEALANT$313
- TIBSOVO$310
- Viz.AI LVO$190
- HAKIM$186
- NICO MYRIAD$173
- NICO BRAINPATH$173
- CLEARPOINT$150
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$138
- Onyx$134
- SONOPET IQ$126
- STRATA$116
How this compares
$18,525 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th 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 Los Angeles
- Larry KhooLos Angeles$2.8M
- Aaron Cohen-GadolLos Angeles$1.3M
- Geoffrey ColbyLos Angeles$1.1M
- Langston HollyLos Angeles$846K
- Linda LiauLos Angeles$783K
- Adam MamelakLos Angeles$678K
- Martin PhamLos Angeles$596K
- Carl LauryssenLos Angeles$571K
- Vivek MehtaLos Angeles$442K
- Patrick HsiehLos Angeles$345K
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.