Daniel Kitchens, MD
Neurological Surgery · Saint Louis, MONPI 1184620304
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (50.3%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Baxter Healthcare at 57.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,415 and has fallen 97.5% since, to $61 in 2025.
Across 57 payments — averaging $61.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Baxter Healthcare$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$234
- Si-bone, Inc.$214
- Cerapedics Inc.$202
- Centinel Spine, LLC$124
- Corelink, LLC$122
- plus $603 from 12 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $1250.00 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.
- Stryker$1K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,75550%
- Food & beverage$1,66848%
- Education$652%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baxter Healthcare | 7 | $1,989 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 9 | $234 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 6 | $214 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 11 | $202 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $124 |
| Corelink, LLC | 1 | $122 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $114 |
| Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Globus Medical | 4 | $108 |
| Stryker | 2 | $64 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 2 | $35 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $21 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $20 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $16 |
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.
- FLOSEAL$1,878
- TISSEEL$1,878
- MIDLINE II$124
- Zap-X$113
How this compares
$3,488 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 172 neurological surgery providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 69 | $948 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 23 | $237 |
| Baclofen | 18 | $160 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $130 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 41 | $85 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 12 | $84 |
| Amoxicillin | 12 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Saint Louis
- Neill WrightSaint Louis$1.1M
- Wilson RaySaint Louis$586K
- Camilo MolinaSaint Louis$412K
- Paul SantiagoSaint Louis$368K
- Daniel ScodarySaint Louis$278K
- Daniel HafezSaint Louis$273K
- John OgunladeSaint Louis$220K
- Joshua OsbunSaint Louis$98K
- Adewale BakareSaint Louis$81K
- Eric LeuthardtSaint Louis$78K
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.