Nelson Cook
Family Medicine · Anniston, ALNPI 1528021722
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 192 payments — averaging $16.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$757
- Bayer$295
- Amgen$294
- Boehringer Ingelheim$220
- Johnson & Johnson$173
- Pfizer$154
- plus $1K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,115100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 48 | $757 |
| Bayer | 18 | $295 |
| Amgen | 17 | $294 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 13 | $220 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $173 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $154 |
| GSK | 8 | $150 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $147 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $130 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $98 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $83 |
| Novartis | 4 | $72 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 4 | $70 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 6 | $68 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Merck | 3 | $45 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $44 |
| Inogen, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $15 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$3,115 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,680 family medicine providers in Alabama.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 52 | $959 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 66 | $867 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | 32 | $814 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 15 | $497 |
| Potassium Chloride | 18 | $440 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 63 | $435 |
| Losartan Potassium | 32 | $374 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 20 | $349 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 21 | $333 |
| Allopurinol | 13 | $321 |
| Benazepril Hcl | 28 | $236 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 20 | $158 |
| Lisinopril | 12 | $123 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 22 | $101 |
| Furosemide | 13 | $72 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Anniston
- Michael VaughnBirmingham$9.9M
- William NixonGuntersville$7.1M
- Randall QuinnCullman$5.4M
- Matthew CaldwellAthens$4.1M
- Michael CarterHuntsville$3.4M
- Howard RubensteinSaraland$3.3M
- Randle MiddletonHuntsville$3.3M
- Aaron KarrSheffield$3.1M
- Nidal MorrarFoley$3M
- Timothy HowardHuntsville$3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.