Grace Kim
Gastroenterology · Chicago, ILNPI 1740786276
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (46.7%), travel and lodging and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 43.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $7,408, more than ten times the $95 reported in 2021.
Across 130 payments — averaging $129.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$7K
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$4K
- Conmed Corporation$1K
- Cook Medical LLC$1K
- Cook Incorporated$800
- Medtronic$702
- plus $2K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,80011%
- Travel & lodging$7,16543%
- Food & beverage$7,86747%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 50 | $7,364 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 29 | $3,588 |
| Conmed Corporation | 14 | $1,001 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $1,000 |
| Cook Incorporated | 1 | $800 |
| Medtronic | 10 | $702 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 6 | $461 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $251 |
| ERBE USA Inc | 3 | $249 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $238 |
| Steris Corporation | 2 | $229 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $214 |
| Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation | 1 | $172 |
| Pentax Of America, Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Gilead | 2 | $126 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $27 |
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.
- DISPOSABLE DISTAL ATTACHMENT$3,064
- Single Use Electrosurgical Knife KD-655$2,958
- OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System$1,936
- AXIOS$1,739
- Olympus$1,504
- EXALT Model D$778
- CONMED GENERATORS$557
- CONMED BILIARY$557
- ORISE$335
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$319
- PENTAX Medical$288
- GI Genius$286
- EndoFlip$278
- STELARA$238
- ACQUIRE$179
- FUJIFILM$172
- CONMED DILATION$159
- ERBE$159
- Mavyret$148
- INSPIRA$144
How this compares
$16,832 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 787 gastroenterology providers in Illinois.
Other gastroenterology in Chicago
- David RubinChicago$1.5M
- Stephen HanauerChicago$1.4M
- Steven FlammChicago$1.3M
- Darren BrennerChicago$1.1M
- Russell CohenChicago$690K
- Parambir DulaiChicago$668K
- Christopher ChapmanChicago$645K
- Saurabh KapurChicago$532K
- Ikuo HiranoChicago$457K
- Adam SteinChicago$438K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.