Frances Cate, MD
Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology · Nashville, TNNPI 1487897187
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $938 of the $1,041 with a category attached, or 90.1%. Eli Lilly accounts for 90.1% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $963 and has fallen 97.9% since, to $20 in 2024.
Across 6 payments — averaging $173.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Eli Lilly$938
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$26
- Roche Diagnostics Corporation$22
- Abbott$20
- Beckman Coulter, Inc.$19
- Ortho-clinical Diagnostics, Inc.$17
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$93890%
- Food & beverage$10410%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eli Lilly | 1 | $938 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| Beckman Coulter, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Ortho-clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
How this compares
$1,041 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 234 anatomic pathology & clinical pathology providers in Tennessee.
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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.
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- Shannon WalkerNashville$27K
- Deyali ChatterjeeNashville$24K
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- Mary WashingtonNashville$7K
- Chanjuan ShiNashville$5K
- Safia SalariaNashville$2K
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.