Jason Cook, MD
Family Medicine · Asheville, NCNPI 1538364203
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $99,660 of the $120,296 with a category attached, or 82.8%. AbbVie accounts for 91.1% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $33,478 and has fallen 53.7% since, to $15,502 in 2025. Among family medicine clinicians in NC 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 248 payments — averaging $485.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$110K
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$10K
- Lilly USA, LLC$146
- Lundbeck LLC$112
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$94
- Pfizer$79
- plus $443 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,5138%
- Speaking & faculty fees$99,66083%
- Travel & lodging$6,5005%
- Food & beverage$4,6234%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 188 | $109,647 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 24 | $9,775 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $146 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $112 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $79 |
| Amgen | 4 | $76 |
| Abbott | 3 | $49 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $39 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $39 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $28 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Merck | 1 | $25 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| GSK | 1 | $22 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Bayer | 1 | $16 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- UBRELVY$83,987
- QULIPTA$35,616
- NURTEC ODT$9,260
- BOTOX$1,428
- VYEPTI$112
How this compares
$120,296 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,444 family medicine providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 43 | $44,809 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 19 | $29,547 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 14 | $19,141 |
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 20 | $16,625 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 148 | $1,618 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 60 | $1,574 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 67 | $1,311 |
| Gabapentin | 46 | $1,012 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 153 | $995 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 27 | $980 |
| Omeprazole | 43 | $932 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 14 | $924 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 27 | $921 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 37 | $906 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 62 | $879 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $79 | $44,80943 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $39 | $19,14114 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 3,444 family medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other family medicine in Asheville
- Kimberly BaptisteAsheville$151K
- Joseph AndersonAsheville$17K
- William CromwellRaleigh$879K
- Steve VacalisGastonia$693K
- David DundeeWinston Salem$633K
- Kevin SodenCharlotte$558K
- Brian ForrestApex$398K
- Joseph KonenCharlotte$322K
- Richard RachimaCharlotte$294K
- Dimitrios HondrosCharlotte$275K
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.