Stephen Kang, MD
Otolaryngology · Columbus, OHNPI 1699903971
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $3,500 of the $5,797 with a category attached, or 60.4%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 60.6% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,737 and has fallen 95.7% since, to $160 in 2024.
Across 27 payments — averaging $214.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Kls-martin L.p.$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Leica Microsystems Inc.$11
Across 6 payments — averaging $3228.83 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$19K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$77113%
- Food & beverage$1,52626%
- Education$3,50060%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $3,514 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 13 | $1,232 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 11 | $1,040 |
| Leica Microsystems Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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$3,500
- TRUMATCH$876
How this compares
$5,797 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 380 otolaryngology providers in Ohio.
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 otolaryngology in Columbus
- Oliver AdunkaColumbus$338K
- Subinoy DasColumbus$142K
- Eugene ChioColumbus$39K
- James RoccoColumbus$24K
- Ricardo CarrauColumbus$23K
- Laura MatrkaColumbus$16K
- Stephen NoganColumbus$13K
- Matthew OldColumbus$10K
- Kyle VankoeveringColumbus$10K
- James PrueterColumbus$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.