Catherine Pihoker
Pediatric Endocrinology · Seattle, WANPI 1013098375
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $94 of the $126 with a category attached, or 74.4%. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novo Nordisk at 25.6% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for pediatric endocrinology clinicians in WA, where the typical reported total is $461.
Across 5 payments — averaging $25.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$32
- Insulet Corporation$25
- BETA Bionics, Inc.$24
- Abbott$23
- Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$22
Across 59 payments — averaging $29,447 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Medtronic$1.7M
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$9474%
- Education$3226%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $32 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
How this compares
$126 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 29 pediatric endocrinology providers in Washington.
Other pediatric endocrinology in Seattle
- Petter BjornstadSeattle$159K
- Patricia FechnerSeattle$29K
- Christian RothSeattle$23K
- Kalie TommerdahlSeattle$4K
- Melinda PierceSeattle$3K
- Kelsey EitelSeattle$600
- Anna ZennoSeattle$597
- Alyssa HuangSeattle$461
- Meenal GuptaSeattle$384
- David WernySeattle$305
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.