Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

KARA M HESSEL

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Surgery Vascular Surgery

NPI
1306264304
CMS profile
1393341
Location
KANSAS CITY, KS

General Payments · PY2020–2024

$3,581.86

  • Reported across 49 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,666.96

20 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $871.06 16
Travel and Lodging $795.90 4

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $1,108.53 7
Medtronic, Inc. $322.45 8
Penumbra, Inc. $185.99 3
Bolton Medical Inc $28.58 1
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. $21.41 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2020 $124.00 1
PY2021 $197.62 2
PY2022 $747.98 13
PY2023 $845.30 13
PY2024 $1,666.96 20

Payment records · PY2024 (20)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 2020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Bolton Medical Inc $28.58 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150744008 CMS
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. $21.41 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138052510 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $5.70 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117181527 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $77.60 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117181529 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $15.38 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117181531 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $25.06 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117181533 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $11.65 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117181535 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $17.62 07/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117181537 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $102.91 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117181539 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $66.53 11/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117181541 CMS
Penumbra, Inc. $148.00 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1076209052 CMS
Penumbra, Inc. $23.28 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1076209054 CMS
Penumbra, Inc. $14.71 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095782218 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $123.59 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148119204 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $20.12 06/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148119208 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $143.10 09/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148119402 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $291.46 10/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148119422 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $168.92 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148119426 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $97.75 10/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148119450 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $263.59 10/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148119418 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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