Justin Dersch, MD
Surgery · Columbia, MONPI 1780038083
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 4 payments — averaging $103.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$305
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$61
- Johnson & Johnson$33
- Smith+Nephew$14
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$10926%
- Education$30574%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $305 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $33 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$414 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 11 | $767 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- John TannColumbia$216K
- Milot ThaqiColumbia$87K
- Kevin BartowColumbia$54K
- Benjamin GerberColumbia$31K
- Thomas XuColumbia$26K
- Norbert RichardsonColumbia$25K
- Forrest EricksenColumbia$21K
- Tiffany OsbornSaint Louis$493K
- Jeffrey BlatnikSaint Louis$422K
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.