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

NEAL D KON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1992788699
CMS profile
44527
Location
WINSTON SALEM, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$35,931.40

  • Reported across 163 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,169.34

24 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 $1,169.34 24

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $358.16 12
ABIOMED $231.61 6
HemoSonics LLC $200.15 1
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $159.66 3
BAXTER HEALTHCARE $119.53 1
LSI SOLUTIONS INC $100.23 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $13,707.39 41
PY2019 $9,557.00 22
PY2020 $4,062.32 18
PY2021 $3,289.72 13
PY2022 $460.94 12
PY2023 $3,684.69 33
PY2024 $1,169.34 24

Payment records · PY2024 (24)

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

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 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
ABIOMED $15.61 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142243887 CMS
ABIOMED $15.25 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142243883 CMS
ABIOMED $23.05 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142243889 CMS
ABIOMED $17.87 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142243919 CMS
ABIOMED $24.79 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142243947 CMS
ABIOMED $135.04 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142243975 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $119.53 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120647394 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $29.66 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138776275 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $36.29 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138776333 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $93.71 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138776357 CMS
HemoSonics LLC $200.15 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132241573 CMS
LSI SOLUTIONS INC $100.23 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147466322 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $8.88 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119583533 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $61.63 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119583535 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $14.52 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119583537 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $5.05 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119583539 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $104.94 04/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119583541 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $118.52 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119583543 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $5.41 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119583549 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $11.97 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119583545 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $2.94 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119583547 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $7.17 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119583551 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $8.97 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119583553 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $8.16 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119583555 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, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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