Yong Kim, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · New York, NYNPI 1720053184
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $80,818 of the $110,661 with a category attached, or 73.0%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 49.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $46,492 and has fallen 90.9% since, to $4,222 in 2025.
Across 102 payments — averaging $1084.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$55K
- Altus Partners. LLC$35K
- Zimvie Inc.$7K
- Highridge Medical LLC$6K
- Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$3K
- Globus Medical$2K
- plus $4K from 11 others
Across 12 payments — averaging $8684.35 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Amplify Surgical, Inc.$54K
- Happe Spine$50K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$80,81873%
- Consulting fees$18,75017%
- Travel & lodging$2,8263%
- Food & beverage$5,8675%
- Education$2,4002%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 34 | $54,893 |
| Altus Partners. LLC | 3 | $34,658 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 9 | $7,458 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 7 | $5,562 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 3 | $2,541 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 15 | $1,538 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 10 | $1,122 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 5 | $1,109 |
| Suvon Surgical LLC | 2 | $521 |
| Amplify Surgical, Inc. | 4 | $433 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $268 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $206 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $147 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $91 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $21 |
| EBI, LLC | 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.
- Monaco Pedicle Screw System$28,624
- Solitaire$20,672
- Vital$18,504
- Mobi-C$18,416
- Walter$18,150
- PrimaGen$18,150
- Timberline$18,150
- Zyston Strut$12,876
- Zyston Interbody$11,864
- ProLift Expandable TLIF$1,673
- XLIF$872
- Zyston Straight Interbody Fusion System$749
- RELINE$546
- Pulse$462
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$318
- Other - Miscellaneous$298
- TLX$292
- MazorX - Renaissance$272
- Invictus MIS$249
- BASE$192
How this compares
$110,661 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 161 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in New York.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 16 | $1,840 |
| Gabapentin | 145 | $980 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 55 | $591 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 29 | $209 |
| Methylprednisolone | 14 | $119 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 36 | $111 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $62 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in New York
- Frank SchwabNew York$5.1M
- Han KimNew York$3.9M
- Todd AlbertNew York$2.7M
- Jeffrey SpivakNew York$1.3M
- Aaron BucklandNew York$1M
- Sheeraz QureshiNew York$828K
- Jeffrey GoldsteinNew York$765K
- Fabien BitanNew York$624K
- Oheneba Boachie-AdjeiNew York$313K
- Harvinder SandhuNew York$266K
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.