RxDoctor Payments Data

Stephen Cook, MD

Cardiovascular Disease · Vancouver, WANPI 1801894878

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (48.5%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Boston Scientific accounts for 61.0% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $12,788 and has fallen 97.9% since, to $271 in 2024. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in WA 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.

$13,673in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 43 payments — averaging $317.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Boston Scientific$8K
  • Abbott$5K
  • Asahi Intecc USA, Inc.$105
  • Abiomed$92
  • Philips North America LLC$22
  • Ablative Solutions, Inc.$18
  • plus $27 from 2 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$4,50033%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$6,62548%
  • Travel & lodging$1,35610%
  • Food & beverage$1,1939%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Boston Scientific24$8,334
Abbott8$5,074
Asahi Intecc USA, Inc.1$105
Abiomed6$92
Philips North America LLC1$22
Ablative Solutions, Inc.1$18
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.1$16
Medtronic1$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.

How this compares

$13,673 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 370 cardiovascular disease providers in Washington.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$6,008
Medicare patients
19
Services billed
37

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.

Other cardiovascular disease in Vancouver

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