Theresa Nester
Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology · Seattle, WANPI 1629322284
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 1 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Abbott. That places this record below the midpoint for anatomic pathology & clinical pathology clinicians in WA, where the typical reported total is $95.
Across 1 payment — averaging $23.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$24
Across 67 payments — averaging $18,585 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.
- Abbott$272K
- Ortho-clinical Diagnostics, Inc.$253K
- Immucor, Inc.$246K
- Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.$234K
- BD$161K
- Bio-rad Laboratories, Inc.$79K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$24100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
How this compares
$24 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 119 anatomic pathology & clinical pathology providers in Washington.
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Other anatomic pathology & clinical pathology in Seattle
- Meng Che YehSeattle$493K
- Charles AlpersSeattle$131K
- Ryan MetcalfSeattle$45K
- Harry HwangSeattle$37K
- Howard ShulmanSeattle$21K
- Erin RudzinskiSeattle$15K
- Donald HowardSeattle$4K
- Charles MurrySeattle$4K
- Kelly SmithSeattle$3K
- Kristen BasnetSeattle$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.