Peter Dipasco, MD
Surgical Oncology · Saint Louis, MONPI 1659491314
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $220,374 of the $246,626 with a category attached, or 89.4%. Medical Device Business Services, Inc. accounts for 60.6% of it on its own, with 59 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among surgical oncology clinicians in MO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 424 payments — averaging $581.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$149K
- Johnson & Johnson$79K
- Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc.$12K
- Histosonics, Inc.$939
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$369
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$306
- plus $4K from 54 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$220,37489%
- Travel & lodging$14,9776%
- Food & beverage$11,0964%
- Education$1800%
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.
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.
- Certus 140$73,913
- NeuFlex$48,721
- Megadyne Ace Blade 700$36,459
- Zip Pen$34,391
- Megadyne$33,808
- Mega Vac$3,722
- Neuwave$3,183
- Mega Power$2,788
- Mega Soft$2,788
- Ultra Vac$1,611
- Mini Vac$690
- HARMONIC Product Family$583
- NA$519
- CoolSeal Generator$293
- LIBTAYO$223
- INTERA$175
- STRYKER$173
- HemoBlast Bellows$140
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$138
- VISTASEAL$127
How this compares
$246,626 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 24 surgical oncology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 22 | $91 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical oncology in Saint Louis
- Trang NguyenSaint Louis$11K
- Rebecca AftSaint Louis$9K
- Julie MargenthalerSaint Louis$8K
- Taylor BrownSaint Louis$5K
- Timothy VreelandSaint Louis$4K
- Jennifer KellerSaint Louis$1K
- Ashley WilbersSaint Louis$1K
- Ashton BrooksSaint Louis$1K
- William GillandersSaint Louis$909
- Ryan FieldsSaint Louis$385
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.