Yong Kwon, MD
Surgery · Fayetteville, ARNPI 1265544035
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Medtronic accounts for 61.7% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,181 and has fallen 98.6% since, to $44 in 2025.
Across 83 payments — averaging $62.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Baxter Healthcare$1K
- Lexington Medical, Inc.$518
- Intuitive Surgical$61
- Novo Nordisk$54
- Vertex$44
- plus $298 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,65251%
- Food & beverage$2,55849%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 17 | $3,216 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 39 | $1,019 |
| Lexington Medical, Inc. | 1 | $518 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $61 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $54 |
| Vertex | 2 | $44 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $39 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $14 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $13 |
| Bolder Surgical LLC | 1 | $4 |
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.
- ClosureFast$2,572
- Aeon Endostapler$518
How this compares
$5,210 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 227 surgery providers in Arkansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Omeprazole | 268 | $2,224 |
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 23 | $1,795 |
| Misoprostol | 13 | $1,219 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 88 | $776 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 45 | $283 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 16 | $179 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 34 | $153 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Fayetteville
- Joshua RollerFayetteville$248K
- Brian PottorfFayetteville$64K
- Ronald MullisFayetteville$36K
- Jeffrey BellFayetteville$21K
- Jon BerryFayetteville$9K
- Alice CherquiJonesboro$71K
- Samuel BledsoeLittle Rock$53K
- Michael PollockLittle Rock$45K
- James WalkerLittle Rock$41K
- Jessica HobbyJonesboro$40K
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.