Ky Kobayashi, MD
Hand Surgery · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1972534873
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (31.7%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Linvatec Corporation at 51.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $9,284 and has fallen 91.4% since, to $799 in 2025.
Across 94 payments — averaging $169.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Linvatec Corporation$8K
- Stryker$4K
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$2K
- Trice Medical, Inc.$413
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$383
- Alliance Medical$320
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5009%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,75030%
- Travel & lodging$3,25721%
- Food & beverage$5,02932%
- Education$1,3519%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Linvatec Corporation | 8 | $8,134 |
| Stryker | 36 | $3,646 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 6 | $1,573 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 3 | $413 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 14 | $383 |
| Alliance Medical | 4 | $320 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $307 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $253 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $171 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 3 | $165 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $161 |
| QT Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $48 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $20 |
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.
- LINVATEC BURS AND BLADES$6,171
- REUNION$2,226
- LINVATEC EXTREMITIES$1,798
- LINVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM$298
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$298
- LINVATEC HIP PRESERVATION SYSTEM$298
- VARIAX$294
- Segway blade or mieye camera$261
- XIAFLEX$237
- BioBrace 23mm$165
- WristMotion Wrist Hemiarthroplasty System$161
- SpeedSpiral CMC System$161
- ICONIX$159
- ALPHAVENT$159
- QT Scanner Model 2000A$147
- Quatro Link$128
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$125
- VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS$124
- VISUALIZATION$122
- DYNACORD$122
How this compares
$15,886 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 72 hand surgery providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tramadol Hcl | 21 | $85 |
| Gabapentin | 13 | $47 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Colorado Springs
- Steven TopperColorado Springs$158K
- William RungeColorado Springs$50K
- Karl LarsenColorado Springs$8K
- Chance HendersonColorado Springs$5K
- Patrick DevannyColorado Springs$3K
- Timothy HartColorado Springs$1K
- Augusta KlukColorado Springs$752
- Jeffry WatsonColorado Springs$716
- Fraser LeversedgeAurora$326K
- In YiLonetree$232K
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.