John Kirkpatrick, MD
Radiation Oncology · Durham, NCNPI 1932295227
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $24,000 of the $29,252 with a category attached, or 82.0%. Monteris Medical Corporation accounts for 97.4% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $17,412 and has fallen 98.7% since, to $234 in 2024. Among radiation oncology clinicians in NC 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 32 payments — averaging $914.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Monteris Medical Corporation$28K
- Zap Surgical Systems, Inc.$363
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$152
- Elekta, Inc.$146
- Brainlab, Inc.$82
- Seagen Inc.$12
Across 5 payments — averaging $25,143 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.
- Varian Medical Systems, Inc.$119K
- Amgen$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$24,00082%
- Travel & lodging$4,17914%
- Food & beverage$1,0734%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 23 | $28,497 |
| Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $363 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $152 |
| Elekta, Inc. | 3 | $146 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 2 | $82 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$29,252 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 199 radiation oncology providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dexamethasone | 64 | $339 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other radiation oncology in Durham
- Lewis SulmanDurham$54K
- William LeeDurham$37K
- Brian CzitoDurham$28K
- David BrizelDurham$18K
- Pretesh PatelDurham$11K
- Christopher WillettDurham$8K
- Junzo ChinoDurham$3K
- Manisha PaltaDurham$3K
- Eugene VaiosDurham$2K
- Zachary ReitmanDurham$2K
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.