Steven Kaptik, MD
Gastroenterology · Auburn, WANPI 1881893345
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (56.9%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bausch Health US, LLC at 34.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,280, more than ten times the $38 reported in 2019.
Across 27 payments — averaging $183.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bausch Health US, LLC$2K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Medtronic$760
- Boston Scientific$380
- Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation$309
- Johnson & Johnson$146
- plus $473 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,81357%
- Food & beverage$2,09842%
- Education$301%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $1,710 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $1,163 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $760 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $380 |
| Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation | 2 | $309 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $146 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $136 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $128 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $30 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $22 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
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
$4,941 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 447 gastroenterology providers in Washington.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluconazole | 11 | $240 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Auburn
- Michael ChioreanIssaquah$1.4M
- Kris KowdleySeattle$1.4M
- Venkatachala MohanBellevue$564K
- Scott LeeSeattle$220K
- John SunTacoma$219K
- Klaus MergenerEdmonds$185K
- Alyssa ChoiSeattle$102K
- Andrew RossSeattle$99K
- Jaime Aranda-MichelVancouver$82K
- Christian HornTacoma$65K
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.