Ernest Tako
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Irving, TXNPI 1689937518
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 56.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,923 and has fallen 74.3% since, to $493 in 2025.
Across 53 payments — averaging $52.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$183
- AbbVie$147
- Biogen$142
- Myriad Women's Health, Inc.$107
- Shield Therapeutics Inc$93
- plus $536 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,19743%
- Education$1,59957%
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 | 3 | $1,588 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $183 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $147 |
| Biogen | 7 | $142 |
| Myriad Women's Health, Inc. | 2 | $107 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 3 | $93 |
| Organon | 4 | $88 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $62 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $40 |
| Monaghan Medical Corporation | 2 | $36 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $34 |
| Merck | 1 | $26 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $23 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Millicent US Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $21 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $21 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Northgate Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$1,500
How this compares
$2,796 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 3,099 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Texas.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Irving
- Jeff LivingstonIrving$83K
- Devin GarzaAustin$2M
- Shawn TassoneAustin$1.3M
- Dale StovallDallas$590K
- Karyn-Anne CumberbatchMissouri City$452K
- Robert AsgharianEl Paso$366K
- Catherine HansenWebster$357K
- Lisa JukesBee Cave$270K
- Susan CrockettLive Oak$269K
- Henry Garza IiiSan Antonio$258K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.