Kara Hessel, DO
Vascular Surgery · Kansas City, KSNPI 1306264304
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,163 of the $5,083 with a category attached, or 62.2%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 38.4% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in KS, where the typical reported total is $5,708.
Across 59 payments — averaging $86.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Lemaitre Vascular, Inc.$312
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$255
- Penumbra, Inc.$239
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$201
- plus $197 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,00020%
- Travel & lodging$79616%
- Food & beverage$3,16362%
- Education$1242%
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(2 entities) | 17 | $1,953 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 18 | $1,925 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 7 | $312 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 4 | $255 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 6 | $239 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $201 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $117 |
| Abbott | 2 | $36 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Centerline Biomedical Inc. | 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.
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$867
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$452
- HawkOne$270
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$263
- ENDURANT IIS$241
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$186
- C3 Delivery System$169
- Indigo System$148
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$146
- ANASTOCLIP GC 8CM (MEDIUM)$123
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$105
- ARTEGRAFT VASCULAR GRAFT$103
How this compares
$5,083 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 22 vascular surgery providers in Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 16 | $11,545 |
| Cilostazol | 43 | $1,673 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 55 | $551 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 35 | $287 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 11 | $240 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Kansas City
- William PoulsonKansas City$7K
- Sean LiebscherKansas City$1K
- Juan Carlos CorreaLeawood$108K
- Byron DecampLawrence$104K
- Axel ThorsOverland Park$89K
- Brian McCroskeyOverland Park$35K
- Andrew McChesneyOverland Park$22K
- Scott HardouinOverland Park$19K
- Chad AmmarWichita$12K
- Steven HutchinsonWichita$10K
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.