Jerome Kao, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Saint Louis, MONPI 1306131974
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,347 of the $2,733 with a category attached, or 85.9%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biocompatibles, Inc. at 38.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,718 and has fallen 96.4% since, to $63 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular & interventional radiology clinicians in MO, where the typical reported total is $4,042.
Across 40 payments — averaging $68.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biocompatibles, Inc.$1K
- Terumo Medical Corporation$325
- Penumbra, Inc.$251
- Sirtex Medical Inc$234
- Medtronic$225
- Boston Scientific$213
- plus $425 from 9 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $5087.07 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.
- EKOS Corporation$11K
- Boston Scientific$5K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$38514%
- Food & beverage$2,34786%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 3 | $1,059 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 5 | $325 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 3 | $251 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 3 | $234 |
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 9 | $225 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $213 |
| Dova Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $115 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Abbott | 2 | $51 |
| Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Reflow Medical Inc | 2 | $23 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $20 |
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.
- THERASPHERE-BIO$1,059
- Indigo System$149
- SIR-Spheres Microspheres$145
- Navicross$126
- TR Band$126
- Glidesheath$126
- GlideWire$126
- DOPTELET$105
How this compares
$2,733 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 81 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Missouri.
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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.
Other vascular & interventional radiology in Saint Louis
- Thomas VeselySaint Louis$852K
- Labib HaddadSaint Louis$643K
- Guillermo Gonzalez-AraizaSaint Louis$384K
- Pavan KavaliSaint Louis$90K
- Michael DarcySaint Louis$87K
- Steven SaukSaint Louis$68K
- Kurtis MauerSaint Louis$59K
- Suchit PatelSaint Louis$54K
- John KarageorgiouSaint Louis$44K
- Andrew WarrenSaint Louis$33K
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.