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Sang W. Kim, MD

NPI 1538133723ActiveIndividual· Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)· Royal Oak, MI

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) (MD) in Royal Oak, Michigan, trained at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas (class of 1996). Mostly services rather than prescriptions: Medicare paid $131,518 for 276 patients in 2024, with only 14 Part D claims. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. was the largest of 2 companies reporting payments in 2025, $824.46 in all, mostly food and beverage.

Overview

NPI1538133723
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedFeb 14, 2006
Last updated in NPPESOct 22, 2020
Certified by providerOct 22, 2020

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Primary208G00000XSK091209MI

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 10, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Thoracic Surgery (MI)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients276
Services billed798 across 60 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$131,518

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)14 · 14 30-day fills
Patients12
Total drug cost$835.77
Generic share93% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas
Graduation year1996
Medicare specialtyThoracic Surgery
Secondary specialtiesGeneral Surgery
TelehealthOffers telehealth

Medical group

Hospital affiliations

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$824.46 · 10 payments from 2 companies
  • 2024$761.10 · 6 payments from 2 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.$731.969
Solventum Corporation$92.501

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$535.00 · 8 payments
  • Travel and Lodging$289.46 · 2 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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