Gynecologic Oncology in Iowa
10 providers, $27,851 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments.
Ranking high here usually means a consulting or royalty arrangement, not wrongdoing. Payments to device inventors and trial investigators are legal, disclosed, and concentrated in a small number of people — which is exactly why a list like this has a steep top and a long flat tail.
What Medicare pays gynecologic oncology clinicians in Iowa
Across 9 gynecologic oncology clinicians in Iowa who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $611,591 in total — an average of $67,955 each, of which $67,955 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.
This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.
Ranked by reported payments
- 1Kevin KremerDes Moines$16,766
- 2Meenakshi PalaniFort Madison$5,114
- 3David BenderIowa City$2,984
- 4Steven ElgDes Moines$1,535
- 5Emily HillIowa City$355
- 6Andrew PolioIowa City$325
- 7Vincent WagnerIowa City$285
- 8Michael GoodheartIowa City$200
- 9Jesus Gonzalez BosquetIowa City$200
- 10Megan McDonaldIowa City$87