Sue Mitchell
Gastroenterology · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1730271503
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 139 payments — averaging $17.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$808
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$437
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$226
- Gilead$206
- QOL Medical, LLC$178
- Pfizer$114
- plus $492 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,461100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 43 | $808 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 28 | $437 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 15 | $226 |
| Gilead | 10 | $206 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 11 | $178 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $114 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $113 |
| Shionogi Inc | 5 | $77 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $31 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Merck | 2 | $24 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Oxford Immunotec USA Inc | 1 | $13 |
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
$2,461 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 304 gastroenterology providers in Colorado.
Other gastroenterology in Colorado Springs
- Bhaktasharan PatelColorado Springs$22M
- Douglas AdlerColorado Springs$1.2M
- Thomas WeltonColorado Springs$182K
- Diana ArseneColorado Springs$61K
- Bryan KavanaughColorado Springs$26K
- Lukasz KowalczykColorado Springs$25K
- Thomas MeisterColorado Springs$17K
- Marcelo KugelmasEnglewood$2.7M
- Masi KhajaGrand Junction$1.2M
- Peter McNallyFt Carson$1.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.