Hyong Kim, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Salt Lake City, UTNPI 1427236082
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (42.3%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 66.8% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 344 payments — averaging $721.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$166K
- Medtronic$55K
- Covidien LP$27K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$135
- Activ Surgical, Inc.$122
- Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$105
- plus $112 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,7474%
- Speaking & faculty fees$105,06842%
- Travel & lodging$24,63510%
- Food & beverage$14,7266%
- Education$92,50037%
- Gifts$5830%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 246 | $165,862 |
| Medtronic | 81 | $55,100 |
| Covidien LP | 12 | $26,824 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Activ Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Virtual Incision Corporation | 1 | $57 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $55 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$158,011
- Signia$21,476
- EEA$10,747
- DA VINCI SP$4,225
- LigaSure$4,204
- INTERSTIM$1,976
- EleVision$167
- OviTex 2S$135
- ActivSight$122
- VOQUEZNA$105
How this compares
Too few colon & rectal surgery providers in Utahto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 70 | $4,862 |
| Metronidazole | 58 | $117 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 43 | $95 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $50 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $38 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Salt Lake City
- Thomas PickronSalt Lake City$55K
- Abby CrumeSalt Lake City$25K
- Joseph MelvinSalt Lake City$20K
- Matthew BobelSalt Lake City$6K
- Bryce HaacSalt Lake City$3K
- William PecheSalt Lake City$3K
- Michelle MurdaySalt Lake City$3K
- Peter BossartSalt Lake City$768
- Benjamin KimSalt Lake City$560
- Brian CainSalt Lake City$373
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.