Jerrod Conkling
Surgical · Wichita, KSNPI 1114950706
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.0% of the total across 283 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 36 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 9.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,301, 2.6 times the $872 reported in 2023. Among surgical clinicians in KS 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 283 payments — averaging $17.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$452
- Lilly USA, LLC$405
- Novo Nordisk$395
- Insulet Corporation$366
- Recordati_rare_diseases_inc.$348
- Abbott$343
- plus $3K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,89398%
- Education$992%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 30 | $452 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 22 | $405 |
| Novo Nordisk | 30 | $395 |
| Insulet Corporation | 44 | $366 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 12 | $348 |
| Abbott | 18 | $343 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 16 | $313 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 8 | $250 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 14 | $223 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $181 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 8 | $159 |
| Cequr Corporation | 2 | $127 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 7 | $124 |
| Novartis | 6 | $122 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 7 | $118 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 4 | $115 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $104 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $104 |
| Ascensia Diabetes Care US Inc. | 4 | $91 |
| Bayer | 5 | $85 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $79 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 3 | $74 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 2 | $55 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $32 |
| Echosens North America, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Biogen | 1 | $18 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $17 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $17 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
How this compares
$4,992 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 80 surgical providers in Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 320 | $321,730 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 231 | $249,037 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 95 | $91,988 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 114 | $83,172 |
| Fiasp FlextouchInsulin Aspart (Niacinamide) | 80 | $54,826 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 122 | $51,577 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 32 | $30,553 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-200Insulin Lispro | 11 | $28,821 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 20 | $18,504 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 24 | $11,973 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 12 | $11,590 |
| Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart | 52 | $9,950 |
| Lyumjev Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro-Aabc | 11 | $7,430 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 59 | $7,227 |
| Cinacalcet Hcl | 11 | $7,025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus, Novolog | $395 | $354,201363 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $405 | $260,627243 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $32 | $83,172114 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $104 | $2,88139 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $79 | $913150 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 80 surgical providers in Kansas.
Other surgical in Wichita
- Matthew SteadhamWichita$2K
- Landon SnellWichita$2K
- Gregory KnoblauchWichita$749
- Brian ZergerWichita$430
- Simone CulverWichita$260
- Tiana GoeringWichita$189
- Heather BloomerWichita$131
- Michael EasterWichita$114
- Shirley SeamanWichita$100
- Brant AnsleyGalena$12K
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.