Matthew Kawahara
Surgery · Honolulu, HINPI 1326538190
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,387 of the $8,714 with a category attached, or 73.3%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 27.1% of the total.
Across 107 payments — averaging $81.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Cook Medical LLC$617
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$611
- Cook Incorporated$598
- Penumbra, Inc.$482
- plus $2K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$88610%
- Food & beverage$6,38773%
- Education$1,44117%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 33 | $2,364 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 17 | $2,272 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 7 | $617 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 6 | $611 |
| Cook Incorporated | 2 | $598 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 3 | $482 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 3 | $322 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 10 | $250 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $181 |
| Abbott | 1 | $161 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 1 | $157 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Convatec Inc. | 10 | $136 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $48 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $39 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $38 |
| Bayer | 1 | $26 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Stryker | 1 | $25 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $12 |
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.
- ENDURANT IIS$924
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$546
- Zenith$538
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$439
- Zenith Spiral-Z$362
- Indigo System$338
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$318
- VENOVO$298
- Da Vinci Surgical System$272
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$259
- PRODIGY CATHETER$181
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$168
- SwiftSet$161
- ESPRIT$161
- CGuard Prime Carotid Stent System$157
- GORE PROPATEN Vascular Graft Pediatric Shunt$150
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$147
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$147
- RUBY Coil$144
- Zilver PTX$132
How this compares
$8,714 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 109 surgery providers in Hawaii.
Other surgery in Honolulu
- Daniel MurariuHonolulu$238K
- Steven NishidaHonolulu$71K
- Dean MikamiHonolulu$33K
- Carl TadakiHonolulu$24K
- Gregorio MaldiniHonolulu$20K
- Chan ParkHonolulu$19K
- Steven FowlerHonolulu$18K
- Jason SpikerHonolulu$16K
- Patrick PedroHonolulu$14K
- Brian WongHonolulu$13K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.