Shawn Gao, MD
Internal Medicine · Saint Louis, MONPI 1740424704
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 196 payments — averaging $28.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$658
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$609
- Next Science LLC$555
- Alkermes, Inc.$490
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$380
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$353
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,508100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 50 | $658 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 11 | $609 |
| Next Science LLC | 28 | $555 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 6 | $490 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 20 | $380 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 11 | $353 |
| Progenacare Global, LLC | 5 | $320 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 4 | $297 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 4 | $271 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 2 | $246 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 9 | $209 |
| UCB, Inc. | 11 | $185 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $166 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $125 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $114 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 4 | $94 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $77 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $72 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Hartmann USA, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $30 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Amgen | 1 | $19 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $16 |
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.
- LYBALVI$940
- ARISTADA$480
- INGREZZA$390
- NUPLAZID$246
- SurgX$122
- Xperience$122
- BlastX$122
- SNAP$122
- KERRAFOAM GENTLE BORDER$121
- UZEDY$121
- ARISTADA INITIO$120
- LOKELMA$114
- REXULTI$110
- CYGNUS DUAL$105
How this compares
$5,508 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,097 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Invega SustennaPaliperidone Palmitate | 121 | $433,809 |
| EliquisApixaban | 1,330 | $351,854 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 277 | $96,488 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 48 | $86,151 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 77 | $78,716 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 159 | $68,160 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 239 | $61,032 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 120 | $59,994 |
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 25 | $59,526 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 116 | $57,175 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 84 | $56,656 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 150 | $55,779 |
| AristadaAripiprazole Lauroxil | 15 | $51,537 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 48 | $48,830 |
| OdefseyEmtricitab/Rilpiviri/Tenof Ala | 11 | $41,243 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonInvega Sustenna, Xarelto | $72 | $489,588271 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $125 | $83,93480 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $114 | $59,994120 claims |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo | $353 | $59,52625 claims |
| Alkermes, Inc.Aristada | $490 | $51,53715 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Abilify Maintena | $166 | $40,44714 claims |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Nuedexta | $32 | $25,81934 claims |
| Smith+NephewSantyl | $658 | $19,77436 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix | $54 | $14,39832 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 2,097 internal medicine providers in Missouri.
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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.