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

MARK HESKER

Dental Providers Dentist General Practice

NPI
1861530289
CMS profile
129582
Location
SAINT LOUIS, MO

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$5,386.17

  • Reported across 54 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,884.93

23 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
Education $814.53 2
Travel and Lodging $537.49 10
Food and Beverage $468.38 10
Entertainment $64.53 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $1,582.77 17
Dentsply Sirona Inc $302.16 6

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $806.58 13
PY2019 $10.82 1
PY2021 $83.53 2
PY2022 $332.77 7
PY2023 $2,267.54 8
PY2024 $1,884.93 23

Payment records · PY2024 (23)

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

Program year 2024 20182019202120222023 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
Dentsply Sirona Inc $5.38 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123489888 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $3.39 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123489910 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $109.94 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123490006 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $64.53 09/26/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123490010 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $64.53 09/26/2024 Entertainment Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123490014 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $54.39 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123489978 CMS
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $53.75 08/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153397736 CMS
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $53.75 08/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153397750 CMS
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $53.75 08/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153397700 CMS
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $53.75 08/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153397885 CMS
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $53.75 08/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153397805 CMS
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $53.75 08/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153397841 CMS
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $53.75 08/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153397837 CMS
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $53.75 08/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153397822 CMS
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $53.75 08/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153397877 CMS
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $70.46 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153416286 CMS
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $53.74 08/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153397765 CMS
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $90.80 08/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153421049 CMS
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $19.76 08/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153416386 CMS
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $50.40 08/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153420207 CMS
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $750.00 09/26/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153396884 CMS
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $41.11 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153410016 CMS
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $22.75 12/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153401152 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
2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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