Cary Kaufman, MD
Surgical Oncology · Bellingham, WANPI 1841290947
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $159,879 of the $170,976 with a category attached, or 93.5%. KUB Technologies Inc. accounts for 73.7% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $62,251 and has fallen 96.8% since, to $2,000 in 2024. Among surgical oncology clinicians in WA 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 55 payments — averaging $3108.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- KUB Technologies Inc.$126K
- Hologic Inc$29K
- Focal Therapeutics, Inc.$16K
- Bioptics, Inc.$54
Across 1 payment — averaging $37,720 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.
- Focal Therapeutics, Inc.$38K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$159,87994%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,7506%
- Food & beverage$3470%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KUB Technologies Inc. | 42 | $126,000 |
| Hologic Inc | 9 | $28,672 |
| Focal Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $16,250 |
| Bioptics, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
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
$170,976 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 31 surgical oncology providers in Washington.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Letrozole | 48 | $459 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 64 | $244 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical oncology in Bellingham
- Quynh leBellingham$5K
- Flavio RochaSeattle$27K
- Evan OngSeattle$18K
- Benjamin AndersonSeattle$15K
- Kevin LabadieSeattle$11K
- Richard SmithTacoma$10K
- Max SeatonSpokane Valley$9K
- Jeremy SharibSeattle$9K
- Harveshp MogalSeattle$8K
- Meghan FlanaganSeattle$7K
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.