Christopher Cox
Internal Medicine · Knoxville, TNNPI 1649216276
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 423 payments — averaging $15.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$837
- Novo Nordisk$814
- GSK$613
- AbbVie$483
- AstraZeneca$435
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$360
- plus $3K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,400100%
- Education$210%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 45 | $837 |
| Novo Nordisk | 61 | $814 |
| GSK | 43 | $613 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 37 | $483 |
| AstraZeneca | 26 | $435 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 22 | $360 |
| Pfizer | 24 | $349 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 17 | $283 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 15 | $242 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $235 |
| Merck | 24 | $214 |
| Amgen | 11 | $202 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 12 | $168 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 9 | $152 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 9 | $140 |
| Novartis | 8 | $136 |
| Bayer | 6 | $111 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $109 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 6 | $102 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $93 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 4 | $64 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $62 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$6,421 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,216 internal medicine providers in Tennessee.
Other internal medicine in Knoxville
- Amanda Moore MillerKnoxville$2.3M
- George NewmanKnoxville$682K
- Dennis DeruelleKnoxville$263K
- Lewis HagoodKnoxville$143K
- Johnny AltawilKnoxville$23K
- Mark McKenzieChattanooga$11.9M
- Bernard GrunstraBristol$6.4M
- Jewel WhiteKingsport$5.7M
- Judith WhiteKingsport$5.6M
- Obadias MarquezOoltewah$2.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.