Julia Suggs
Surgery · Saint Louis, MONPI 1205452034
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,381 of the $7,466 with a category attached, or 72.1%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 34.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,965 and has fallen 74.4% since, to $1,017 in 2025.
Across 103 payments — averaging $72.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Penumbra, Inc.$803
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$576
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$400
- Bolton Medical Inc$384
- plus $951 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,00013%
- Travel & lodging$811%
- Food & beverage$5,38172%
- Education$1,00413%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 17 | $2,554 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 50 | $1,798 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 6 | $803 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 6 | $576 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 3 | $400 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 4 | $384 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 3 | $299 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $119 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $118 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $111 |
| BD | 1 | $109 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Acell, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Solventum Corporation | 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.
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$746
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$504
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$373
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$373
- ENDURANT IIS$351
- Indigo$295
- Penumbra System$294
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$260
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$257
- C3 Delivery System$208
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$193
- Cook$153
- Indigo System$151
- RUBY Coil$126
- FLOSEAL$118
- Zenith$115
- Azur CX Detachable$111
- Heli-FX EndoAnchor System$108
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$103
- HawkOne$103
How this compares
$7,466 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 612 surgery providers in Missouri.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 18 | $28 |
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).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.