Physician profile

Christopher A Rupe

Surgery · Salina, KS

NPI 1740401249

$4,393.31

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

27 companies · $181 in 2025

The $181 reported for 2025 was less than what a typical Surgery provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $281).

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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$1,500.00
Food and Beverage$1,127.36
Travel and Lodging$448.44
Gift$8.74

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. $2,482.99 2024
Bard Peripheral Vascular, INC. $417.27 2020-2021
Endologix LLC $312.80 2022
Lemaitre Vascular, INC. $237.77 2019-2025 Artegraft Vascular Graft
Smith+Nephew, INC. $206.74 2019-2025 Grafix Pl, Stravix Pl, Grafix
Inari Medical, INC. $124.43 2024 Ct Thrombectomy System Kit, Flowtriever Catheter, S
Stryker Corporation $76.41 2020-2025 Ct Thrombectomy System Kit, Flowtriever Catheter, S
Davol INC. $72.78 2020-2022
Myriad Genetic Laboratories, INC. $55.76 2021-2025 Myrisk
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, INC. $37.81 2022
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, INC. $34.71 2022-2023 Seglentis
Allergan, INC. $33.04 2019-2020
Organogenesis INC. $28.84 2025 Affinity
Osiris Therapeutics INC. $25.71 2019
Silk Road Medical, INC. $24.00 2021
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Titan Surgical Group, LLC $23.85 2025
Rti Surgical, INC $23.61 2024
Abbvie INC. $20.47 2023 Dalvance
Ambu INC. $19.75 2022
Angiodynamics, INC. $19.23 2021
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $18.67 2025
Kerecis Limited $18.56 2023 Kerecis Omega3 Surgiclose, Kerecis Omega3 Marigen, Kerecis Omega3 Graftguide
Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited $18.27 2022
Solventum Corporation $17.50 2025 Prevena
Leica Microsystems INC. $17.00 2023 Neoprobe
Kci USA, INC. $14.11 2021
Tactile Systems Technology INC $11.23 2020

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

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Payment summary

Christopher A Rupe

$4,393.31

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Intuitive Surgical, INC.
Context
The $181 reported for 2025 was less than what a typical Surgery provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $281).

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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.