Physician profile
Choll Kim
NPI 1124043765
$4,017,364.51
in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025
37 companies · $923K in 2025
The $923K reported for 2025 was more than what 99% of Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $2,116).
Payments by year
General and research payments by program year, as reported to CMS.
General payments by year: 2019: $411K · 2020: $365K · 2021: $494K · 2022: $587K · 2023: $598K · 2024: $639K · 2025: $923K.
What the payments were for
Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.
Royalty Or License: $1.7M · Consulting Fee: $400K · Travel and Lodging: $26K · Honoraria: $18K · Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program: $8,800 · Food and Beverage: $2,521.
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| Payment type | Amount (2023-2025) |
|---|---|
| Royalty Or License | $1,704,391.84 |
| Consulting Fee | $400,197.50 |
| Travel and Lodging | $25,974.47 |
| Honoraria | $18,250.00 |
| Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program | $8,800.00 |
| Food and Beverage | $2,521.25 |
Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.
Who reported paying
General payments only, as reported to CMS. Research payments are listed separately below. Product names cover 2023-2025.
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical, INC. | $3,328,147.61 | 2019-2025 | Sable, Creo Mis Stabilization System, Creo |
| Elliquence, LLC | $346,870.78 | 2024-2025 | |
| Nutech Spine, INC. | $102,404.76 | 2019-2025 | Sifix, Sifix |
| Stryker Corporation | $81,257.72 | 2019-2025 | Ravine Lateral Access System, Ravine |
| Cerapedics INC. | $63,072.13 | 2021-2025 | I-Factor Peptide Enhanced Bone Graft |
| Spinal Elements, INC. | $42,775.00 | 2019-2024 | |
| Vb Spine LLC | $15,700.73 | 2025 | Ravine Lateral Access System |
| Allen Medical Systems | $15,600.00 | 2019 | |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, INC. | $8,532.73 | 2021 | |
| Pfizer INC. | $5,717.51 | 2019-2020 | |
| Medtronic, INC. | $3,030.54 | 2021-2025 | Mazor X System, Midas Rex, O-Arm |
| Providence Medical Technology, INC. | $1,750.00 | 2019 | |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $628.09 | 2019-2022 | |
| Si-Bone, INC. | $205.86 | 2023-2024 | |
| Ethicon US, LLC | $205.41 | 2019-2025 | Vistaseal, Evarrest |
Show all 37 companies
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, INC. | $198.75 | 2022 | |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | $171.46 | 2022 | |
| Integrity Implants INC. | $161.44 | 2022 | |
| Myovant Sciences INC. | $124.40 | 2022 | |
| Djo, LLC | $123.11 | 2019 | |
| Baxter Healthcare | $122.64 | 2020-2022 | |
| Nuvasive, INC. | $76.55 | 2019 | |
| Choice Spine, LLC | $66.83 | 2024 | Stratofuse, Blackhawk Cervical Spacer System, Veo Lateral Interbody Fusion System |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | $53.34 | 2023 | Prodisc C Vivo |
| Curonix LLC | $50.43 | 2023 | Pns Freedom-4a Permanent Neurostimulator Receiver Kit Channel A |
| Pylant Medical | $44.30 | 2023 | |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | $40.57 | 2025 | Barricaid Acd (Annular Closure Device) |
| Olympus America INC. | $37.89 | 2019 | |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | $37.66 | 2020-2022 | |
| Kci USA, INC. | $30.69 | 2021-2023 | Ranger |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | $27.68 | 2024 | Aquabeam System |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | $26.55 | 2022 | |
| Dilon Technologies, INC. | $21.42 | 2025 | Hemoblast Bellows |
| Amplify Surgical, INC. | $14.86 | 2021 | |
| Misonix INC | $13.96 | 2019 | |
| Augmedics INC. | $10.84 | 2020 | |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, INC. | $10.27 | 2023 | Magellan |
Drugs and devices associated with these payments
CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.
Research and ownership
$5,059.84 in research payments reported 2019-2025. Research payments are often institution-directed and tied to clinical trials: they are reported under a clinician's name but frequently go to a hospital or research organization, and usually reflect participation in medical research.
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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.