John Kirby, MD
Surgery · Saint Louis, MONPI 1902829823
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (39.1%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Reprise Biomedical, Inc. accounts for 61.7% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $7,612, 8.7 times the $877 reported in 2019.
Across 77 payments — averaging $156.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Reprise Biomedical, Inc.$7K
- Elite Orthopedics, LLC$1K
- KCI USA, Inc.$950
- Intuitive Surgical$859
- Kerecis Limited$321
- Smith+Nephew$267
- plus $1K from 15 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $18,257 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.
- Reprise Biomedical, Inc.$100K
- AbbVie$10K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,72523%
- Travel & lodging$4,70039%
- Food & beverage$3,40928%
- Education$1,20010%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 25 | $7,430 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 1 | $1,200 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 9 | $950 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 5 | $859 |
| Kerecis Limited | 5 | $321 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $267 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 7 | $261 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 2 | $120 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $113 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $86 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $22 |
| ETS Wound Care LLC | 2 | $16 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $15 |
| Acera Surgical, 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.
- MIRO3D$6,702
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$975
- PREVENA$868
- VAC VERAFLO$765
- ABTHERA$765
- Da Vinci Surgical System$701
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$244
- RECELL$150
- GRAFIX PL$139
- Oasis$139
- STRAVIX PL$139
- Puraply Antimicrobial$120
- V.A.C. DERMATAC$103
- V.A.C. VERAFLO$103
How this compares
$12,034 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 612 surgery providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium Chloride0.9 % Sodium Chloride | 24 | $376 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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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.