Karl Stark
Vascular Surgery · North Kansas City, MONPI 1699744961
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $140,637 of the $223,211 with a category attached, or 63.0%. Kerecis Limited accounts for 91.4% of it on its own, with 35 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among vascular surgery clinicians in MO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 190 payments — averaging $1174.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kerecis Limited$204K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$11K
- Medtronic$3K
- Endologix LLC$2K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$529
- Lemaitre Vascular, Inc.$317
- plus $2K from 30 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $2275.00 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.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$9K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$28,10913%
- Speaking & faculty fees$140,63763%
- Travel & lodging$41,23018%
- Food & beverage$11,9855%
- Education$1,2501%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kerecis Limited | 73 | $203,999 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 23 | $11,211 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 23 | $2,716 |
| Endologix LLC | 12 | $2,126 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 3 | $529 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 5 | $317 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 1 | $253 |
| BD | 5 | $203 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $175 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 2 | $171 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $156 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $154 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $153 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 5 | $152 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $148 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $121 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $110 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $84 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $54 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $54 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $38 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $31 |
| Medline Industries LP | 2 | $30 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $27 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Bsn Medical Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Z-medica, LLC | 1 | $9 |
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.
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$430,077
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$293,920
- Kerecis SurgiClose$147,532
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$89,736
- Kerecis GraftGuide$36,883
- LUTONIX$6,200
- Kerecis Omega3 Wound$4,500
- CROSSER$4,250
- Kerecis Omega3 Surgibind$1,500
- Endurant$1,401
- ENDURANT IIS$577
- BioMimics$253
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$245
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$245
- FlowTriever$205
- ClotTriever$205
- Ovation$189
- Valiant Captivia$175
- ALTO$169
- ELUVIA$159
How this compares
$223,211 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 92 vascular surgery providers in Missouri.
Other vascular surgery in North Kansas City
- Scott KujathNorth Kansas City$72K
- Jeffrey JimSaint Louis$1.2M
- Brian PetersonSaint Louis$216K
- Luis SanchezSaint Louis$178K
- Catherine WittgenSaint Louis$139K
- John OhmanSaint Louis$113K
- Jonathan BathColumbia$76K
- Patrick GeraghtySaint Louis$65K
- Walter NicholsColumbia$56K
- Todd VogelColumbia$52K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.