John King, MD
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (28.3%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by TELA Bio, Inc. at 52.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $6,880 and has fallen 90.7% since, to $642 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in OK 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 124 payments — averaging $192.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- TELA Bio, Inc.$13K
- Intuitive Surgical$10K
- Kerecis Limited$382
- Davol Inc.$308
- Intra-sana Laboratories$285
- Distalmotion US$263
- plus $316 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,25022%
- Travel & lodging$6,75928%
- Food & beverage$6,33327%
- Education$5,50023%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 58 | $12,535 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 50 | $9,755 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $382 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $308 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 3 | $285 |
| Distalmotion US | 1 | $263 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $153 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $85 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| TAS Medical, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 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.
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$9,804
- DAVINCI XI$4,500
- Da Vinci Surgical System$4,043
- OviTex 2S$1,242
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$1,146
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$382
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$382
- DEXTER L6 ROBOT$263
- Reltone 200 Mg$249
- Reltone 400 Mg$249
- GLYCATE$249
- PHASIX$235
- EXPAREL$153
How this compares
$23,842 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 290 surgery providers in Oklahoma.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron Hcl | 191 | $757 |
| Metaxalone | 36 | $641 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 121 | $592 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 61 | $196 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 25 | $158 |
| Naproxen | 101 | $156 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Tulsa
- Craig JohnsonTulsa$573K
- Eugene DickensTulsa$456K
- William JenningsTulsa$412K
- Bryce MurrayTulsa$152K
- Steven FeherTulsa$50K
- Samuel PangburnTulsa$50K
- Jared LepleyTulsa$48K
- Ty KirkpatrickTulsa$28K
- Michael ThomasTulsa$22K
- Geoffrey ChowTulsa$22K
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.