John Liao, MD
Gynecologic Oncology · Seattle, WANPI 1730389057
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $33 of the $52 with a category attached, or 62.3%. Merck accounts for 62.3% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for gynecologic oncology clinicians in WA, where the typical reported total is $778.
Across 4 payments — averaging $13.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$33
- AstraZeneca$20
Across 42 payments — averaging $117,849 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.
- Merck$4.2M
- AstraZeneca$646K
- Genentech, Inc.$84K
- Regeneron$26K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$13K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2038%
- Education$3362%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 3 | $33 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $20 |
How this compares
$52 in reported general payments places this provider in the 10th percentile of 36 gynecologic oncology providers in Washington.
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 gynecologic oncology in Seattle
- Chirag ShahSeattle$732K
- Fernanda MusaSeattle$120K
- Bobbie RimelSeattle$41K
- Nicole FlemingSeattle$20K
- Renata UrbanSeattle$7K
- Amy BrockmeyerSeattle$4K
- Amy BondurantSeattle$2K
- Kathryn PenningtonSeattle$2K
- Soledad JorgeSeattle$1K
- Elise SimonsSeattle$459
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.