Katherine Tinkey, MD
Anesthesiology · Denver, CONPI 1659726479
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,095 of the $2,881 with a category attached, or 72.7%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 59.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,125 and has fallen 92.2% since, to $165 in 2023. Among anesthesiology clinicians in CO 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 52 payments — averaging $55.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Nevro Corp.$465
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$135
- Boston Scientific$133
- AbbVie$133
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$122
- plus $169 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$78627%
- Food & beverage$2,09573%
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 | 13 | $1,724 |
| Nevro Corp. | 8 | $465 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $135 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $133 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $133 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $122 |
| Abbott | 3 | $54 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $46 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, 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.
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$712
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$258
- INTELLIS$143
- Omnia$135
- SPRINT PNS System$121
How this compares
$2,881 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 921 anesthesiology providers in Colorado.
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.
Other anesthesiology in Denver
- Dennis KotelkoDenver$116K
- Jonathan GallenDenver$16K
- Adam KoszowskiDenver$7K
- Vanston MasriDenver$5K
- Adam ManchonDenver$4K
- Ian StoneDenver$1K
- Jeffrey GonzalesAurora$774K
- Darin RentzLakewood$311K
- John StorheimGrand Junction$145K
- Shawn MarshLone Tree$89K
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.