Kara Cardinal, PA
Physician Assistant · Saint Louis, MONPI 1619065331
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 173 payments — averaging $20.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$439
- Rochester Medical Corporation$408
- Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.$285
- Boston Scientific$252
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$199
- C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries$191
- plus $2K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$491%
- Food & beverage$3,53099%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 29 | $439 |
| Rochester Medical Corporation | 16 | $408 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 16 | $285 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $252 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 9 | $199 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 6 | $191 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $176 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $152 |
| Calyxo, Inc. | 7 | $141 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 6 | $116 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 5 | $113 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $111 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $94 |
| Merck | 4 | $78 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $76 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation | 3 | $61 |
| Teleflex LLC | 4 | $61 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 3 | $57 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 3 | $50 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| ABC Home Medical Supply, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $25 |
| Accord Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $19 |
| Vertex | 1 | $19 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Palette Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Telix Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $14 |
| Profound Medical Corp. | 1 | $13 |
| Bayer | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$3,579 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,380 physician assistant 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 175 | $114,476 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 41 | $30,560 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 697 | $10,038 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 42 | $5,947 |
| Bethanechol Chloride | 55 | $3,914 |
| Finasteride | 379 | $3,153 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 82 | $2,339 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 107 | $1,732 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 29 | $1,399 |
| Silodosin | 11 | $1,070 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 42 | $825 |
| Dutasteride | 21 | $723 |
| Trimethoprim | 13 | $284 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 30 | $204 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 17 | $136 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $439 | $114,476175 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $199 | $30,56041 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 1,380 physician assistant providers in Missouri.
Other physician assistant in Saint Louis
- Kimberly BrownSaint Louis$28K
- Michael HesselSaint Louis$19K
- Erica WestbrooksSaint Louis$19K
- Christine EdwardsSaint Louis$18K
- Andrea MartinSaint Louis$17K
- Rachael HartkeSaint Louis$16K
- Kristen SchreiberSaint Louis$14K
- Jonathan PriceSaint Louis$10K
- Yongzhong WeiSaint Louis$9K
- Lisa RoelleSaint Louis$9K
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.