Leslie Brunt, MD
Surgery · Saint Louis, MONPI 1992723621
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.7% of the total across 13 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Davol Inc. at 31.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $553 and has fallen 79.8% since, to $111 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for surgery clinicians in MO, where the typical reported total is $1,517.
Across 13 payments — averaging $106.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Davol Inc.$437
- Intuitive Surgical$433
- Conmed Corporation$187
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$161
- Stryker$111
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$51
Across 11 payments — averaging $3225.54 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$32K
- Johnson & Johnson$3K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$876%
- Food & beverage$1,29494%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $437 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 5 | $433 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $187 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $161 |
| Stryker | 1 | $111 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $51 |
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$235
- GORE SYNECOR Biomaterial$161
- AIRSEAL$115
- 1788$111
- Phasix Mesh$109
- PHASIX$102
How this compares
$1,381 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 612 surgery providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Omeprazole | 39 | $701 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 42 | $398 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 25 | $125 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Mark DrakeSaint Louis$212K
- Adeel KhanSaint Louis$204K
- Michael AwadSaint Louis$176K
- Laurie PunchSaint Louis$141K
- Jeffrey BlatnikSaint Louis$134K
- Sekhar DharmarajanSaint Louis$110K
- Shaina EckhouseSaint Louis$67K
- Jason RheeSaint Louis$63K
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.