Ryan Jones, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Louisville, KYNPI 1770921801
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 58.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,398 and has fallen 95.1% since, to $117 in 2025.
Across 49 payments — averaging $133.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$4K
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Baxter Healthcare$846
- Innovation Technologies Inc$91
- Merck$59
- AbbVie$34
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,15048%
- Travel & lodging$3806%
- Food & beverage$2,01831%
- Education$1,00015%
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 | 24 | $3,819 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 7 | $1,699 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 10 | $846 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $91 |
| Merck | 5 | $59 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $34 |
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.
How this compares
$6,548 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 28 colon & rectal surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neomycin Sulfate | 49 | $267 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 36 | $138 |
| Metronidazole | 48 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Louisville
- Nechol AllenLouisville$18K
- Jeffrey JordenLouisville$13K
- Sandra KavalukasLouisville$7K
- Wayne TucksonLouisville$6K
- Michelle JulienLouisville$4K
- Russell FarmerLouisville$3K
- Clayton EllisLouisville$3K
- Scarlett HaoLouisville$2K
- Susan GalandiukLouisville$1K
- Amy WiseLouisville$496
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.