Kenny Ngo, PA
Surgical · Palo Alto, CANPI 1205904877
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $24,833 of the $25,320 with a category attached, or 98.1%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Intuitive Surgical. Among surgical clinicians in CA 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 133 payments — averaging $190.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$25K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$24,83398%
- Food & beverage$4882%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 133 | $25,320 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$23,822
How this compares
$25,320 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 729 surgical providers in California.
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 surgical in Palo Alto
- Lauren AmicoVista$989K
- Cheyanne MallasWest Hollywood$199K
- Laura PietrzakMarina del Rey$63K
- Jane HartiganSanta Rosa$27K
- Crispin MarRancho Santa Margarita$23K
- Robert FrostRancho Santa Margarita$22K
- Audie LeeSan Francisco$21K
- Gregory BrunetSanta Barbara$20K
- Eric LovatoBanning$16K
- Jeffrey BulgerRancho Santa Margarita$15K
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.