Christopher Cook, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Lancaster, PANPI 1760816979
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (47.8%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Augmedics Inc. at 50.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $14,604, more than ten times the $226 reported in 2019.
Across 109 payments — averaging $244.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Augmedics Inc.$13K
- Abbott$8K
- Novus Surgical Consultants$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$890
- Si-bone, Inc.$740
- Arthrex$532
- plus $2K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,50024%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,0007%
- Travel & lodging$12,76648%
- Food & beverage$5,41920%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Augmedics Inc. | 34 | $13,439 |
| Abbott | 19 | $8,438 |
| Novus Surgical Consultants | 10 | $1,045 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $890 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 8 | $740 |
| Arthrex | 4 | $532 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $476 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $360 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $212 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $196 |
| Stryker | 1 | $132 |
| Amgen | 8 | $117 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $61 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $9 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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.
- Xvision$63,326
- MitraClip$8,208
- INCEPTIV$466
- mild Device Kit$132
- Infinion 16$119
- iFuse Implant$114
- SYNFIX$102
- EXPEDIUM$102
How this compares
$26,686 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 43 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Pennsylvania.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 149 | $1,336 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 143 | $969 |
| Pregabalin | 39 | $831 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 69 | $430 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 63 | $302 |
| Meloxicam | 45 | $181 |
| Methylprednisolone | 31 | $158 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 13 | $130 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 49 | $114 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 19 | $82 |
| Diazepam | 21 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Lancaster
- Marcelino OliveriLancaster$10K
- Michael St OngeLancaster$1K
- Alan HilibrandBensalem$1.4M
- Joel TorrettiState College$1.1M
- Gregory BaileyState College$1.1M
- David AndersonBensalem$786K
- Jeffrey McConnellAllentown$509K
- Christopher HendersonDickson City$222K
- Joshua PahysPhiladelphia$213K
- David CasperPhiladelphia$195K
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.