Norbert Richardson, MD
Surgery · Columbia, MONPI 1093793929
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (53.9%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 65.8% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $16,826 and has fallen 98.3% since, to $286 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in MO 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 362 payments — averaging $67.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$16K
- Johnson & Johnson$4K
- Covidien LP$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$891
- Apollo Endosurgery US Inc$277
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,85116%
- Food & beverage$7,43930%
- Education$13,20254%
- Gifts$100%
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 | 40 | $16,111 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 241 | $3,563 |
| Covidien LP | 20 | $1,582 |
| Medtronic | 22 | $1,002 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 10 | $891 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 3 | $277 |
| Stryker | 3 | $224 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $155 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 5 | $145 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| BD | 2 | $101 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $66 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $64 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $53 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $41 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
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$15,403
- Signia$1,212
- Enseal$885
- LigaSure$698
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$498
- N/A$243
- SPY-PHI SYSTEM$159
- VOQUEZNA$127
- Echelon Flex$125
- SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforcement$125
- ECHELON ENDOPATH Stapler$123
- Echelon Circular$116
- Orbera$106
- Overstitch$105
How this compares
$24,502 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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.
Other surgery in Columbia
- John TannColumbia$216K
- Milot ThaqiColumbia$87K
- Andrew WheelerColumbia$66K
- Kevin BartowColumbia$54K
- Thomas XuColumbia$26K
- Forrest EricksenColumbia$21K
- Joshua LandreneauColumbia$17K
- James ScottSaint Louis$307K
- Omar GuerraSaint Louis$249K
- Mark DrakeSaint Louis$212K
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.