Cook Incorporated

Reporting payments is a legal requirement; large totals often reflect large product portfolios.

$42Mgeneral payments (2019-2025)
$376Kresearch payments (2019-2025)
1,398clinicians paid

General and research payments are shown separately, never blended. Research payments are often institution-directed and tied to clinical trials.

General payments by year

2019 $9.1M
2020 $5.3M
2021 $6.6M
2022 $6.5M
2023 $6.3M
2024 $4.5M
2025 $3.8M

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Research payments are totaled above and not included in these bars.

Products most associated with its payments

Specialties it works with most

Urology $16M
Surgery $9.1M
Vascular Surgery $3.5M
Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine) $3.3M
Interventional Cardiology $2.7M
Vascular & Interventional Radiology $2.2M

Clinicians with the largest reported totals

Often long-running consulting, speaking, or advisory relationships, which companies must report by law. A large total is not evidence of anything improper.

ClinicianLocationSpecialtyGeneral payments (2019-2025)
Robert Lippitt Smithfield, NC Urology $11,392,319.36
Timothy Chuter San Francisco, CA Surgery $8,805,414.24
John Anderson Bethlehem, PA Urology $2,124,728.92
Gary Ansel Columbus, OH Interventional Cardiology $2,097,801.14
Samuel Giday Orlando, FL Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine) $2,029,192.31
Peter Balkin Honolulu, HI Diagnostic Radiology $879,280.47
David Armstrong Lawrenceville, GA Colon & Rectal Surgery $677,679.83
Neil Bander New York, NY Urology $536,127.12
Demetrius Bagley Philadelphia, PA Urology $487,549.04
Zahid Saeed Crestview Hills, KY Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine) $411,070.04

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.