Gary Vitale, MD
Surgery · Louisville, KYNPI 1336128867
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $55,825 of the $62,646 with a category attached, or 89.1%. AbbVie accounts for 98.3% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $19,166 and has fallen 97.6% since, to $460 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in KY 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 165 payments — averaging $379.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$62K
- Boston Scientific$498
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$255
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$125
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$53
- Olympus America Inc.$51
- plus $93 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$55,82589%
- Travel & lodging$1,7583%
- Food & beverage$5,0638%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 146 | $61,572 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $498 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $255 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $125 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $50 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $14 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Creon$34,602
- GORE SYNECOR Biomaterial$255
- STRATTICE RECONSTRUCTIVE TISSUE MATRIX BPS$234
- STRATTICE$135
- EXPAREL$125
- EXALT$114
- SPYGLASS$113
How this compares
$62,646 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 377 surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 216 | $755,761 |
| ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase | 19 | $70,280 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 14 | $7,849 |
| Ursodiol | 74 | $7,642 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 116 | $2,613 |
| Sucralfate | 123 | $2,534 |
| Lubiprostone | 22 | $2,269 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 34 | $2,252 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 63 | $303 |
| Omeprazole | 24 | $282 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 13 | $237 |
| Metoclopramide Hcl | 14 | $220 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 31 | $81 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieCreon, Linzess | $61,572 | $763,610230 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 377 surgery providers in Kentucky.
Other surgery in Louisville
- John OldhamLouisville$515K
- Frank MillerLouisville$119K
- Jared DavisLouisville$89K
- Timothy DawsonLouisville$63K
- John OlsofkaLouisville$42K
- Keith MillerLouisville$38K
- Gerald CheadleLouisville$22K
- Farid KehdyLouisville$22K
- George MarshallLouisville$19K
- Bradley SchwackLouisville$18K
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.