Bruce Bacon
Gastroenterology · Saint Louis, MONPI 1083622963
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $87,580 of the $138,294 with a category attached, or 63.3%. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Gilead at 39.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $105,867 and has fallen 94.7% since, to $5,600 in 2022. Among gastroenterology clinicians in MO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 110 payments — averaging $1257.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gilead$55K
- AbbVie$51K
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$20K
- Dova Pharmaceuticals$12K
- Conmed Corporation$21
Across 43 payments — averaging $3929.71 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.
- Gilead$70K
- Novartis$56K
- AbbVie$19K
- Eli Lilly$10K
- Merck$8K
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$40,35029%
- Speaking & faculty fees$87,58063%
- Travel & lodging$8,6366%
- Food & beverage$1,7211%
- Education$70%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gilead | 40 | $54,901 |
| AbbVie | 42 | $51,076 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 16 | $20,046 |
| Dova Pharmaceuticals | 11 | $12,250 |
| Conmed Corporation | 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.
How this compares
$138,294 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 374 gastroenterology providers in Missouri.
Other gastroenterology in Saint Louis
- Gregory SayukSaint Louis$1.1M
- Katie SchroederSaint Louis$730K
- David AlpersSaint Louis$616K
- Parakkal DeepakSaint Louis$205K
- Mauricio Lisker MelmanSaint Louis$179K
- Matthew CiorbaSaint Louis$156K
- Jeffrey CrippinSaint Louis$120K
- Vladimir KushnirSaint Louis$118K
- Kayci Huff-HardySaint Louis$116K
- Rajesh KeswaniSaint Louis$109K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.