Sanghyun Kim, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · New York, NYNPI 1457328569
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $135,874 of the $153,565 with a category attached, or 88.5%. THD America, Inc. accounts for 98.7% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among colon & rectal surgery clinicians in NY 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 171 payments — averaging $898.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- THD America, Inc.$152K
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- Axonics, Inc.$254
- Medtronic$233
- Potrero Medical, Inc.$135
- Johnson & Johnson$125
- plus $77 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,4851%
- Speaking & faculty fees$135,87488%
- Travel & lodging$8,6446%
- Food & beverage$7,4915%
- Education$710%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| THD America, Inc. | 144 | $151,502 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 15 | $1,238 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 3 | $254 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $233 |
| Potrero Medical, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $125 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 1 | $32 |
| Osteomed LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 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$976
- Axonics$143
- XARELTO$125
- Sonicision$124
How this compares
$153,565 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 177 colon & rectal surgery providers in New York.
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 colon & rectal surgery in New York
- Mehraneh JafariNew York$50K
- Jeffrey MilsomNew York$42K
- David SchwartzbergNew York$26K
- Richard WhelanNew York$23K
- Alessandro FicheraNew York$20K
- Juliet RayNew York$17K
- Cary AaronsNew York$16K
- Debbie BakesNew York$15K
- Parul ShuklaNew York$14K
- Andre MoreiraNew York$9K
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.