Shawn Vuong, MD
Neurological Surgery · Sioux Falls, SDNPI 1861758856
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (40.5%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Aesculap, Inc. accounts for 60.4% of it on its own, with 45 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $22,424, more than ten times the $2,055 reported in 2019. Among neurological surgery clinicians in SD 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 262 payments — averaging $148.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aesculap, Inc.$23K
- Medtronic$5K
- Stryker$2K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$2K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$1K
- plus $3K from 40 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,75041%
- Travel & lodging$11,52230%
- Food & beverage$11,47430%
- Education$990%
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.
- AESCULAP$19,037
- Intracept$3,763
- PROGAV 2.0$1,740
- Excelsius Robotics System$1,346
- XABO$1,282
- ACTIVA$1,081
- StealthStation$644
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$622
- Mariner MIS$419
- 7D Surgical System$398
- GammaTile$376
- SYNCHROMEDII$342
- ADHERUS AUTOSPRAY DURAL SEALANT$226
- INTELLIS$209
- OJEMDA$194
- UNIVERSAL NEURO 3$171
- NA$171
- Explorer TO$169
- ALIF$156
- Excelsius - GPS$156
How this compares
$38,845 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 20 neurological surgery providers in South Dakota.
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 neurological surgery in Sioux Falls
- George YangSioux Falls$7K
- Seokchun LimSioux Falls$4K
- Michael Opoku-DarkoSioux Falls$2K
- Margaret CarmodySioux Falls$2K
- Michael PuumalaSioux Falls$2K
- Jonathan WilsonRapid City$153K
- Luis Diaz-AguilarDakota Dunes$5K
- Hendrik KlopperDakota Dunes$4K
- Bryan WellmanRapid City$4K
- Quentin DurwardDakota Dunes$3K
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.