Ketan Patel, DDS
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery · Minneapolis, MNNPI 1225233679
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,482 of the $8,721 with a category attached, or 74.3%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Axogen at 29.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,277 and has fallen 59.2% since, to $930 in 2025. Among oral and maxillofacial surgery clinicians in MN 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 88 payments — averaging $99.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Axogen$3K
- Kls-martin L.p.$1K
- Straumann USA LLC$758
- Kerecis Limited$748
- Keystone Dental Inc.$743
- Checkpoint Surgical, Inc$464
- plus $2K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2503%
- Travel & lodging$1,22214%
- Food & beverage$6,48274%
- Education$400%
- Entertainment$7268%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Axogen | 16 | $2,586 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 22 | $1,398 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 8 | $758 |
| Kerecis Limited | 5 | $748 |
| Keystone Dental Inc. | 4 | $743 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 3 | $464 |
| Implant Direct Sybron International LLC | 8 | $345 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $266 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $252 |
| Synthes GmbH | 1 | $250 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $236 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 2 | $163 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $136 |
| Stryker | 1 | $134 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $125 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 2 | $57 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 1 | $24 |
| Beigene USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$1,975
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$1,975
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$1,454
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$1,423
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$502
- Checkpoint Stimulators$464
- NA$259
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$239
- Prospera$139
- LEGACY SYSTEM$138
- ENDODONTIC POSTS, ENDOODONTIC HAND INSTRUMENT$136
- Inspire$131
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$120
- GRAFIX PL$105
- Stravix$105
- Oasis$105
How this compares
$8,721 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 170 oral and maxillofacial surgery providers in Minnesota.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 70 | $176 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 58 | $165 |
| Ibuprofen | 53 | $159 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 11 | $60 |
| Azithromycin | 12 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other oral and maxillofacial surgery in Minneapolis
- Reda TalebMinneapolis$11K
- James SwiftMinneapolis$9K
- Patricia RakeMinneapolis$3K
- Robert NadeauMinneapolis$2K
- David BasiMinneapolis$2K
- Vivian ChauMinneapolis$2K
- Hannah Afwerke LynchMinneapolis$2K
- Lance SvobodaMinneapolis$2K
- Nhut Quang Huy TranMinneapolis$2K
- Sarah McGowanMinneapolis$2K
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.