Christopher Cates, MD
Pulmonary Disease · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1770999559
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 28 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 31.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $771 and has fallen 84.2% since, to $122 in 2025.
Across 28 payments — averaging $75.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$671
- Pulmonx Corporation$391
- Johnson & Johnson$346
- Boston Scientific$206
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$158
- Veran Medical Technologies, Inc.$122
- plus $213 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,108100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 7 | $671 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 5 | $391 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $346 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $206 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $158 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $113 |
| Pinnacle Biologics, Inc | 1 | $100 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$2,108 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 571 pulmonary disease providers in Ohio.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other pulmonary disease in Cincinnati
- Robert BaughmanCincinnati$640K
- Bruce CorserCincinnati$502K
- Mohammad SheattCincinnati$389K
- Jean ElwingCincinnati$320K
- Bruce TrapnellCincinnati$92K
- Arun JoseCincinnati$56K
- Francis McCormackCincinnati$19K
- Joseph KhabbazaAkron$655K
- Kristin HighlandCleveland$551K
- Jason StieneckerLima$397K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.