Choll Kim, M.D., PH.D

Orthopaedic Surgery San Diego, CA Male
NPI: 1124043765
Total Payments
$3.9M
2024 Payments
$639,425
Companies
46
Transactions
858
Medicare Patients
2,852
Medicare Billing
$665,322

Payment Breakdown by Category

Royalty/License$2.8M (71.1%)
Consulting$494,456 (12.5%)
Other$468,482 (11.9%)
Travel$112,553 (2.9%)
Food & Beverage$57,743 (1.5%)
Research$6,116 (0.2%)
Education$198.75 (0.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Royalty or License $2.8M 250 71.1%
Consulting Fee $494,456 131 12.5%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $468,482 86 11.9%
Travel and Lodging $112,553 121 2.9%
Food and Beverage $57,743 264 1.5%
Unspecified $6,116 5 0.2%
Education $198.75 1 0.0%

Payments by Type

General
$3.9M
853 transactions
Research
$6,116
5 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Globus Medical, Inc. $3.4M 517 $0 (2024)
elliquence, LLC $145,222 9 $0 (2024)
Nutech Spine, Inc. $111,649 91 $0 (2024)
Stryker Corporation $82,456 45 $0 (2024)
SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC. $52,759 31 $0 (2024)
Cerapedics Inc. $36,903 21 $0 (2024)
ALLEN MEDICAL SYSTEMS $30,940 25 $0 (2019)
K2M, Inc. $20,948 36 $0 (2018)
Joimax, Inc. $12,788 2 $0 (2017)
Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. $8,533 6 $0 (2021)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $639,425 65 Globus Medical, Inc. ($465,873)
2023 $602,562 74 Globus Medical, Inc. ($557,561)
2022 $586,852 97 Globus Medical, Inc. ($528,888)
2021 $494,474 112 Globus Medical, Inc. ($420,422)
2020 $364,933 44 Globus Medical, Inc. ($315,538)
2019 $410,970 168 Globus Medical, Inc. ($364,247)
2018 $419,372 155 Globus Medical, Inc. ($378,503)
2017 $427,858 143 Globus Medical, Inc. ($391,086)

All Payment Transactions

858 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 35

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/20/2024 Nutech Spine, Inc. Sifix (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $146.22 General
Category: Spine
12/20/2024 Nutech Spine, Inc. Sifix (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $61.64 General
Category: Spine
12/17/2024 elliquence, LLC — Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $25,000.00 General
11/25/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $4,725.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
11/19/2024 Nutech Spine, Inc. SiFix (Device), SiFix Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $76.02 General
Category: Spine
11/14/2024 Stryker Corporation RAVINE LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $40.28 General
Category: SPINE
11/07/2024 Cerapedics Inc. I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $800.00 General
Category: PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT
11/05/2024 elliquence, LLC — Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $14,000.00 General
10/30/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. SABLE (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $95,780.80 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
10/30/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. CREO MIS Stabilization System (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $52,021.33 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
10/30/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. Corbel (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $1,148.25 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
10/30/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. RISE-L . RISE-L A/L (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $189.05 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
10/28/2024 Cerapedics Inc. I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $3,680.00 General
Category: PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT
09/26/2024 Choice Spine, LLC BLACKHAWK CERVICAL SPACER SYSTEM (Device), THUNDERBOLT MINIMALLY INVASIVE PEDICLE SCREW SYSTEMS, VEO LATERAL INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $66.83 General
Category: Spinal implant
09/24/2024 elliquence, LLC — Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $25,000.00 General
09/24/2024 SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC. Medical Devices (Device), Medical Devices Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $34.11 General
Category: Orthopaedic Device Research
09/20/2024 Nutech Spine, Inc. SiFix (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $138.98 General
Category: Spine
09/19/2024 PROCEPT BioRobotics Corporation AQUABEAM SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $27.68 General
Category: UROLOGY
09/10/2024 elliquence, LLC — Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $20,400.00 General
09/10/2024 elliquence, LLC — Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $8,000.00 General
09/09/2024 Cerapedics Inc. I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $3,680.00 General
Category: PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT
09/06/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $67.98 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
08/29/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $5,400.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
08/29/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $5,400.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
08/22/2024 Nutech Spine, Inc. SiFix (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $166.66 General
Category: Spine
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Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Company Amount Records
Karma Spinal Elements, Inc. $5,016 4
SECURE-C Globus Medical, Inc. $1,100 1

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 9 266 322 $394,108 $47,092
2022 14 951 1,277 $1.3M $220,090
2021 13 925 1,271 $1.3M $223,887
2020 13 710 1,000 $1.3M $174,253
Total Patients
2,852
Total Services
3,870
Medicare Billing
$665,322
Procedure Codes
49

All Medicare Procedures & Services

49 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
22633 Fusion of spine in lower back with partial removal of spine bone and disc Facility 2023 12 12 $143,053 $17,289 12.1%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 92 122 $32,300 $8,243 25.5%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 36 42 $21,456 $5,954 27.7%
22853 Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion Facility 2023 12 22 $133,057 $4,477 3.4%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 38 43 $16,969 $3,903 23.0%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 18 18 $13,838 $2,312 16.7%
63052 Partial removal of bone of single segment of spine in lower back with release of spinal cord and/or nerves during fusion of spine in lower back Facility 2023 11 11 $14,503 $2,240 15.4%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2023 18 18 $12,773 $1,430 11.2%
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes Office 2023 29 34 $6,160 $1,244 20.2%
22633 Fusion of spine in lower back with partial removal of spine bone and disc Facility 2022 33 33 $313,759 $51,229 16.3%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2022 166 228 $109,440 $35,206 32.2%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 177 284 $106,500 $30,874 29.0%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 177 287 $71,750 $22,218 31.0%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 103 103 $77,250 $14,481 18.7%
22853 Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion Facility 2022 37 57 $256,984 $12,089 4.7%
22840 Placement of stabilizing device to back of 1 spine bone in neck Facility 2022 17 17 $73,236 $10,643 14.5%
22842 Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments Facility 2022 16 16 $91,632 $10,028 10.9%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2022 50 50 $42,500 $8,731 20.5%
63052 Partial removal of bone of single segment of spine in lower back with release of spinal cord and/or nerves during fusion of spine in lower back Facility 2022 31 31 $40,872 $6,586 16.1%
22634 Fusion of additional segment of spine with partial removal of spine bone and disc Facility 2022 14 14 $35,346 $5,712 16.2%
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes Office 2022 68 90 $15,750 $4,311 27.4%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2022 44 44 $28,600 $4,306 15.1%
63053 Partial removal of bone of additional segment of spine in lower back with release of spinal cord and/or nerves during fusion of spine in lower back Facility 2022 18 23 $22,711 $3,674 16.2%
22633 Fusion of lower spine bones with removal of disc, posterior or posterolateral approach, single interspace and segment Facility 2021 35 35 $332,775 $53,827 16.2%
99215 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 40-54 minutes Office 2021 160 241 $115,680 $37,555 32.5%
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About Choll Kim, M.D., PH.D

Choll Kim, M.D., PH.D is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in San Diego, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 07/13/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1124043765.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Choll Kim, M.D., PH.D has received a total of $3.9M in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $639,425 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 858 transactions from 46 companies. The most common payment nature is "Royalty or License" ($2.8M).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Kim has provided services to 2,852 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 3,870 services with total Medicare billing of $665,322. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 49 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Other Specialties Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
  • Location San Diego, CA
  • Active Since 07/13/2006
  • Last Updated 12/12/2022
  • Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1124043765

Products in Payments

  • SABLE (Device) $1.4M
  • INTERCONTINENTAL (Device) $430,685
  • CREO MIS Stabilization System (Device) $357,270
  • CREO (Device) $352,434
  • CALIBER (Device) $189,671
  • CREO MIS (Device) $126,391
  • Precision TLIF (Device) $95,832
  • RISE-L (Device) $93,852
  • Sifix (Device) $68,342
  • ALTERA (Device) $63,123
  • RAVINE LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM (Device) $61,889
  • Karma (Device) $42,904
  • CALIBER-L (Device) $41,688
  • I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT (Device) $36,903
  • ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System (Device) $29,218
  • Excelsius Robotics System (Device) $28,229
  • Endoscopic Disc Instr. (Device) $26,950
  • ELSA (Device) $26,935
  • CORBEL (Device) $24,943
  • MARS 3VL Retractor (Device) $24,000

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Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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