Robert Cope, MD
Urology · St George, UTNPI 1891722245
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.9% of the total across 152 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 37 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. That places this record below the midpoint for urology clinicians in UT, where the typical reported total is $3,296.
Across 152 payments — averaging $21.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$524
- AbbVie$297
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$244
- Johnson & Johnson$202
- Laborie Medical Technologies Corp.$191
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$178
- plus $2K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,17596%
- Education$1093%
- Entertainment$261%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 22 | $524 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 16 | $297 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 13 | $244 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $202 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 5 | $191 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 7 | $178 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 2 | $164 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $141 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 5 | $136 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $112 |
| Calyxo, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Amgen | 5 | $81 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 4 | $79 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 4 | $76 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $71 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 5 | $66 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $63 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 4 | $62 |
| Bayer | 3 | $53 |
| Valencia Technologies Corporation | 1 | $48 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $41 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Coloplast | 2 | $33 |
| ABC Home Medical Supply, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Hitachi Healthcare Americas Corp. | 1 | $26 |
| Profound Medical Corp. | 1 | $23 |
| Halozyme Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Immunitybio, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Dornier Medtech America, Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Microline Surgical Inc | 1 | $5 |
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.
How this compares
$3,310 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 96 urology providers in Utah.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XtandiEnzalutamide | 12 | $176,289 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 75 | $71,945 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 38 | $32,544 |
| Finasteride | 562 | $8,188 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 553 | $7,585 |
| ShingrixVaricella-Zoster Ge/As01b/Pf | 35 | $7,329 |
| ArexvyRsvpref3 Antigen/As01e/Pf | 24 | $7,264 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 95 | $5,723 |
| Dutasteride | 88 | $3,139 |
| Estradiol | 46 | $2,446 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 62 | $1,633 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 51 | $1,392 |
| Testosterone Cypionate | 21 | $1,287 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 71 | $822 |
| Tadalafil | 11 | $495 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US IncXtandi, Myrbetriq | $178 | $248,23587 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $244 | $32,54438 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 50th percentile of 96 urology providers in Utah.
Other urology in St George
- Bryant WhitingSt George$12K
- Thomas BrintonSt George$8K
- John EllsworthSt George$5K
- Scott SalmonSt George$3K
- Steven GangeSlc$1.5M
- William BrantSalt Lake City$290K
- Roscoe NelsonAmerican Fork$152K
- Nathan PursifullAmerican Fork$86K
- Benjamin McCormickSalt Lake City$67K
- Richard MaternSalt Lake City$58K
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.