Physician profile

Kara J Johnson

Pulmonary Disease · Fargo, ND

NPI 1578708228

$4,305.55

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

13 companies · $3,620 in 2025

The $3,620 reported for 2025 was more than what 85% of Pulmonary Disease providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $500).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Education$2,557.48
Travel and Lodging$1,012.76
Food and Beverage$372.28

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Intuitive Surgical, INC. $3,725.94 2023-2025 Da Vinci Surgical System
Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $152.92 2019-2022
Insmed, INC. $97.44 2021-2022
United Therapeutics Corporation $73.72 2025
Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC $57.48 2024
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, INC. $36.22 2019-2025 Dupixent
Amgen INC. $27.92 2022
Ethicon INC. $27.81 2021
Baxter Healthcare $25.94 2024 Hillrom - Vest System Model 105 Home Care
Csl Behring $25.90 2019
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, INC. $23.86 2023 Ofev
Genzyme Corporation $19.43 2023
Veran Medical Technologies, INC. $10.97 2019

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

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Payment summary

Kara J Johnson

$4,305.55

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Intuitive Surgical, INC.
Context
The $3,620 reported for 2025 was more than what 85% of Pulmonary Disease providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $500).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.