Kerry Cao, MD
Internal Medicine · Stony Brook, NYNPI 1376004093
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (53.3%), grants and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 56.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,734, 2.9 times the $942 reported in 2023. Among internal medicine clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 42 payments — averaging $144.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$741
- Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.$382
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$342
- Medtronic$213
- Saranas, Inc.$143
- plus $851 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$2,50041%
- Food & beverage$3,23253%
- Education$3376%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 11 | $3,397 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 5 | $741 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 6 | $382 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 5 | $342 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $213 |
| Saranas, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $134 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $130 |
| Amgen | 1 | $125 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $125 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Abiomed | 5 | $79 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$741
- TACTICATH$625
- ASSURITY$625
- ENSITE$238
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$213
- ALLURE QUADRA$191
- AVEIR$171
- MERLIN@HOME$147
- UPTRAVI$134
- OPSUMIT$134
- FARXIGA$130
- Repatha$125
- FUROSCIX$122
- AMPLATZER AMULET$102
How this compares
$6,069 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amlodipine Besylate | 15 | $79 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 11 | $43 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other internal medicine in Stony Brook
- David DoveEast Hampton$12.3M
- Bruce BergerBrooklyn$3.4M
- Nicholas RobinsonBuffalo$2.9M
- Stephen SaletanNew York$2.6M
- Ziad AliNew York$2M
- Scott BeegleAlbany$1.9M
- Anthony MartinezBuffalo$1.6M
- Javier MoralesGreenvale$1.3M
- Ricky HsuNew York$1M
- James UnderbergNew York$953K
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.