Kiran Kakarala, MD
Otolaryngology · Kansas City, KSNPI 1497882849
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $6,500 of the $10,351 with a category attached, or 62.8%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 69.8% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $7,227 and has fallen 78.0% since, to $1,591 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in KS 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 31 payments — averaging $333.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Kls-martin L.p.$1K
- Stryker$205
- Baxter Healthcare$95
- KARL Storz Endoscopy-america$29
- plus $17 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,25222%
- Food & beverage$1,59915%
- Education$6,50063%
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 | 7 | $7,227 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 11 | $1,481 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 7 | $1,296 |
| Stryker | 3 | $205 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $95 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $29 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$7,179
- TRUMATCH$1,143
- VSP SYSTEM, VSP CRANIAL$131
How this compares
$10,351 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 87 otolaryngology providers in Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 17 | $823 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 30 | $748 |
| Famotidine | 16 | $383 |
| Amoxicillin | 19 | $53 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Kansas City
- Hinrich StaeckerKansas City$499K
- Jennifer VillwockKansas City$26K
- Meha FoxKansas City$12K
- Andres BurKansas City$10K
- Christopher LarsenKansas City$8K
- John KrietKansas City$6K
- Justin BondKansas City$4K
- Mohammad Ameen AmanianKansas City$3K
- Frantzlee LacreteKansas City$3K
- Jennifer DieboltKansas City$3K
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.