Total Payments
$2.0M
2024 Payments
$260,336
Companies
40
Transactions
1,620
Medicare Patients
1,250
Medicare Billing
$360,098

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$1.5M (74.4%)
Travel$214,715 (10.8%)
Other$213,278 (10.8%)
Food & Beverage$36,886 (1.9%)
Research$35,331 (1.8%)
Education$7,578 (0.4%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $1.5M 431 74.4%
Travel and Lodging $214,715 511 10.8%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $194,727 77 9.8%
Food and Beverage $36,886 569 1.9%
Unspecified $35,331 13 1.8%
Honoraria $18,551 10 0.9%
Education $7,578 9 0.4%

Payments by Type

General
$1.9M
1,607 transactions
Research
$35,331
13 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $861,887 567 $0 (2024)
CSL Behring $335,779 49 $0 (2022)
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $272,380 400 $0 (2024)
Abbott Laboratories $191,108 202 $0 (2024)
Medtronic, Inc. $183,576 193 $0 (2024)
Artivion, Inc. $24,581 8 $0 (2024)
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $23,361 71 $0 (2020)
Mallinckrodt LLC $19,743 24 $0 (2018)
CryoLife, Inc. $15,974 18 $0 (2019)
Eli Lilly and Company $9,777 9 $0 (2018)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $260,336 274 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($155,250)
2023 $383,069 238 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($188,684)
2022 $445,845 323 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($210,358)
2021 $279,473 148 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($140,010)
2020 $233,449 147 CSL Behring ($109,913)
2019 $185,704 212 CSL Behring ($72,019)
2018 $112,739 177 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($24,016)
2017 $79,437 101 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($57,973)

All Payment Transactions

1,620 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 65

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/27/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $250.00 General
12/27/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. STERNALOCK BLU SYSTEM (Device) Education Cash or cash equivalent $250.00 General
Category: CMF & Thoracic
12/27/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Pectus Bar Bending Forceps, Standard (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $250.00 General
Category: CMF & Thoracic
12/27/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. STERNALOCK BLU SYSTEM (Device) Education Cash or cash equivalent $250.00 General
Category: CMF & Thoracic
12/27/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $250.00 General
12/26/2024 Abbott Laboratories NAVITOR (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $181.13 General
Category: Vascular
12/26/2024 Abbott Laboratories NAVITOR (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $144.90 General
Category: Vascular
12/18/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $136.67 General
12/18/2024 Abbott Laboratories NAVITOR (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $45.99 General
Category: Vascular
12/16/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $6,500.00 General
Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves
12/16/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $812.50 General
Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves
12/16/2024 Abbott Laboratories NAVITOR (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.98 General
Category: Vascular
12/16/2024 Abbott Laboratories NAVITOR (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.48 General
Category: Vascular
12/13/2024 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $600.00 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
12/12/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $250.00 General
12/12/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $250.00 General
12/12/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $250.00 General
12/12/2024 Abbott Laboratories NAVITOR (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $149.90 General
Category: Vascular
12/12/2024 Abbott Laboratories NAVITOR (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $144.90 General
Category: Vascular
12/12/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $125.00 General
12/12/2024 Abbott Laboratories NAVITOR (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.75 General
Category: Vascular
12/09/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $404.59 General
12/07/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $5.32 General
12/06/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $218.24 General
12/06/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $106.21 General

Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Company Amount Records
PERSEVERE Artivion, Inc. $24,581 8
CEASE-MR Abbott Laboratories $5,250 1
Sternalock Registry Protocol Development Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $2,500 2
SternaLock Blu Clinical Study Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $1,500 1
SternaLock Registry Protocol Development Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $1,500 1

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 9 326 355 $392,217 $90,028
2022 8 216 235 $316,436 $70,099
2021 10 344 379 $427,491 $98,420
2020 10 364 388 $427,638 $101,552
Total Patients
1,250
Total Services
1,357
Medicare Billing
$360,098
Procedure Codes
38

All Medicare Procedures & Services

38 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
33361 Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery Facility 2023 64 64 $182,656 $37,551 20.6%
33418 Repair of mitral valve through the skin, initial prosthesis Facility 2023 22 22 $81,053 $19,245 23.7%
33999 Other heart surgery procedure Facility 2023 21 21 $67,074 $12,603 18.8%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Facility 2023 79 79 $26,228 $8,238 31.4%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Facility 2023 33 33 $14,454 $4,564 31.6%
99231 Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes Facility 2023 58 79 $6,316 $2,991 47.4%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Facility 2023 19 20 $7,160 $2,262 31.6%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Facility 2023 17 18 $4,608 $1,386 30.1%
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes Facility 2023 13 19 $2,668 $1,187 44.5%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery Facility 2022 59 59 $168,639 $34,398 20.4%
33999 Other heart surgery procedure Facility 2022 21 21 $66,987 $12,788 19.1%
33418 Repair of mitral valve through the skin, initial prosthesis Facility 2022 11 11 $40,898 $9,647 23.6%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Facility 2022 46 46 $20,148 $6,579 32.7%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Facility 2022 23 23 $7,636 $2,425 31.8%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 16 16 $4,096 $1,565 38.2%
99231 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 15 minutes Facility 2022 29 47 $3,736 $1,409 37.7%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Facility 2022 11 12 $4,296 $1,288 30.0%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin Facility 2021 69 69 $214,470 $41,093 19.2%
33418 Replacement of mitral valve with prosthetic valve accessed through the skin, initial Facility 2021 23 23 $85,514 $20,434 23.9%
99205 New patient outpatient visit, total time 60-74 minutes Facility 2021 85 85 $36,908 $12,335 33.4%
33999 Heart surgery procedure Facility 2021 16 16 $51,104 $10,084 19.7%
99215 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 40-54 minutes Facility 2021 33 33 $11,211 $3,844 34.3%
99232 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day Facility 2021 38 57 $8,037 $3,228 40.2%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day Facility 2021 20 20 $7,752 $3,147 40.6%
99204 New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes Facility 2021 17 17 $5,644 $1,839 32.6%

About Dr. Keith Allen, MD

Dr. Keith Allen, MD is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) healthcare provider based in Kansas City, Kansas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 06/28/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1609804855.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Keith Allen, MD has received a total of $2.0M in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $260,336 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 1,620 transactions from 40 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($1.5M).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Allen has provided services to 1,250 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,357 services with total Medicare billing of $360,098. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 38 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
  • Other Specialties Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery), Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
  • Location Kansas City, KS
  • Active Since 06/28/2006
  • Last Updated 11/19/2025
  • Taxonomy Code 208G00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1609804855

Products in Payments

  • EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) $684,270
  • COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) $179,595
  • Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $159,358
  • SternaLock Blu (Device) $104,177
  • SternaLock 360 (Device) $35,913
  • AMDS-Ascyrus Medical (Device) $24,581
  • Thoracic Reconstruction (Device) $23,721
  • STERNALOCK 360 SYSTEM (Device) $21,458
  • STERNALOCK BLU SYSTEM (Device) $20,550
  • OFIRMEV (Drug) $19,743
  • CoreValve Evolut (Device) $17,088
  • A&E Medical / Thorecon Disposable Plate Cutter (Device) $16,068
  • TMR (Device) $10,167
  • Barostim Neo System (Device) $9,750
  • Tendyne Mitral Valve System (Device) $9,226
  • NAVITOR (Device) $7,017
  • ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System (Device) $6,842
  • INCRAFT AAA Stent Graft System (Device) $6,645
  • Mitra Clip system (Device) $6,324
  • ECM Patch,Pouch (Device) $5,787

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Doctors in Kansas City