Kathleen Dlouhy, MD
Neurological Surgery · Iowa City, IANPI 1801182977
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $34,400 of the $51,087 with a category attached, or 67.3%. Medtronic accounts for 67.3% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $27,519 and has fallen 53.9% since, to $12,698 in 2024. Among neurological surgery clinicians in IA 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 98 payments — averaging $521.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$34K
- Penumbra, Inc.$14K
- Stryker$1K
- Rapid Medical Ltd$964
- Scientia Vascular$847
- Microvention, Inc.$172
- plus $56 from 1 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $15,218 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.
- Medtronic$76K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$34,40067%
- Travel & lodging$13,51126%
- Food & beverage$3,1776%
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) | 55 | $34,376 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 32 | $13,595 |
| Stryker | 5 | $1,077 |
| Rapid Medical Ltd | 1 | $964 |
| Scientia Vascular | 2 | $847 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 2 | $172 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $56 |
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.
- Pipeline$30,603
- Penumbra System$12,861
- SOLITAIRE X$2,056
- RIST$1,000
- Comaneci$964
- TREVO$647
- CATALYST$348
- POD$253
- WEB$140
How this compares
$51,087 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 54 neurological surgery providers in Iowa.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 16 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Iowa City
- Mario ZanatyIowa City$98K
- Matthew HowardIowa City$6K
- Saul WilsonIowa City$3K
- Nahom TeferiIowa City$1K
- Jangbo LeeIowa City$1K
- Satoshi YamaguchiIowa City$1K
- Masoom ChainaniIowa City$1K
- Hiroyuki OyaIowa City$1K
- Patrick HitchonIowa City$988
- Jack McNultyIowa City$577
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.