Kimberly Prater
Diagnostic Radiology · Springfield, MONPI 1336109990
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $1,270,818 of the $1,666,657 with a category attached, or 76.2%. Medtronic accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,270,818 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $4,825 in 2025. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in MO 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 15 payments — averaging $111,110 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1.7M
- Seagen Inc.$100
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$1,270,81876%
- Education$1000%
- Other$395,73924%
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) | 14 | $1,666,557 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $100 |
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.
- Ellipsys$1,581,803
- ELLIPSYS VASCULAR ACCESS SYSTEM$84,754
How this compares
$1,666,657 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 762 diagnostic radiology providers in Missouri.
Other diagnostic radiology in Springfield
- Matthew CherrySpringfield$164K
- Ryan BirlewSpringfield$5K
- Julie AlfordSpringfield$3K
- Kyongtae BaeSaint Louis$232K
- Talissa AltesColumbia$202K
- Jack JenningsSaint Louis$189K
- Ambrose HuangSaint Louis$169K
- Christopher WalkerKansas City$150K
- Laurie FajardoSaint Louis$87K
- Tammie BenzingerSaint Louis$80K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.