Christopher Gostout
Gastroenterology · Rochester, MNNPI 1821077884
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $236,819 of the $299,167 with a category attached, or 79.2%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Olympus Corporation at 36.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $120,319, 2.9 times the $42,077 reported in 2019. Among gastroenterology clinicians in MN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 201 payments — averaging $1488.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Olympus Corporation$110K
- Boston Scientific$107K
- Intuitive Surgical$81K
- Olympus Medical Systems Corporation$1K
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$110
- Apollo Endosurgery US Inc$35
- plus $31 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$236,81979%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,5502%
- Travel & lodging$42,74814%
- Food & beverage$2,4521%
- Education$12,3004%
- Gifts$2970%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Olympus Corporation | 87 | $109,949 |
| Boston Scientific | 49 | $106,546 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 54 | $81,489 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corporation | 6 | $1,006 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 2 | $110 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 2 | $35 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $31 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$80,669
- APOLLO ESG System$18,363
- X-Tack Endoscopic HeliX Tacking System$17,190
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$15,538
- ORBERA Intragastric Balloon System$12,350
How this compares
$299,167 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 365 gastroenterology providers in Minnesota.
Other gastroenterology in Rochester
- John KisielRochester$856K
- Edward LoftusRochester$282K
- Alina AllenRochester$277K
- Todd BaronRochester$270K
- Sahil KhannaRochester$242K
- Joseph MurrayRochester$234K
- Andres AcostaRochester$224K
- David LarsonRochester$142K
- Ibrahim HanounehRochester$104K
- Bret PetersenRochester$103K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.