Kristin Cook, MD
Vascular Surgery · Hackensack, NJNPI 1093976466
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (36.0%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Penumbra, Inc. accounts for 74.1% of it on its own, with 32 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $12,511, 8.1 times the $1,545 reported in 2019. Among vascular surgery clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 211 payments — averaging $159.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Penumbra, Inc.$25K
- Cook Incorporated$3K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- Cook Medical LLC$1K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$437
- plus $2K from 27 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $3005.10 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Penumbra, Inc.$6K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,10036%
- Travel & lodging$10,31031%
- Food & beverage$11,23133%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Penumbra, Inc. | 107 | $24,930 |
| Cook Incorporated | 1 | $2,500 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 9 | $1,393 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 20 | $1,339 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 14 | $1,152 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 6 | $437 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 4 | $265 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 10 | $216 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $201 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 4 | $173 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $123 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $107 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $96 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $88 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Thrombolex, Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $52 |
| Stryker | 1 | $49 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $44 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $43 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $38 |
| Cashflow Solutions, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Abbott | 1 | $26 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Imbed Biosciences Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $22 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Hartmann USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Indigo System$15,144
- RUBY Coil$7,538
- Zilver PTX$2,500
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,356
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$1,238
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$1,238
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$1,238
- Endurant$712
- Penumbra System$477
- Zenith Spiral-Z$452
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$187
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$187
- Cook$156
- Diamondback Peripheral$142
- FlowTriever$139
- ClotTriever$139
- ROSEN$126
- Lunderquist$110
- Micropuncture$106
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$103
How this compares
$33,641 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 182 vascular surgery providers in New Jersey.
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 | 19 | $11,756 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 62 | $510 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Hackensack
- Michael WildermanHackensack$383K
- David O'ConnorHackensack$272K
- Jae Hee ChoHackensack$16K
- Roxana KlineHackensack$12K
- Peter KaganHackensack$10K
- Steven EliasEnglewood$509K
- Joseph LombardiPomona$266K
- William BeckermanNew Brunswick$176K
- Neil PoulsenRockaway$148K
- Massimo NapolitanoWayne$147K
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.