Thomas Burke, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Anchorage, AKNPI 1356354625
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,220 of the $1,553 with a category attached, or 78.6%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 57.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $630 and has fallen 66.9% since, to $209 in 2024.
Across 28 payments — averaging $55.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$887
- GSK$238
- Tesaro, Inc.$106
- Merck$101
- Eisai Inc.$57
- Seagen Inc.$45
- plus $119 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,22079%
- Education$33321%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 8 | $887 |
| GSK | 7 | $238 |
| Tesaro, Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Merck | 3 | $101 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Seagen Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Amgen | 1 | $33 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $32 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $28 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $26 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$633
- ZEJULA$106
How this compares
$1,553 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 97 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Alaska.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Anchorage
- Melissa TondreAnchorage$9K
- Patricia CapoAnchorage$9K
- Shiloh SmallAnchorage$9K
- Allison van HaastertAnchorage$6K
- Natalia SaprykinaAnchorage$6K
- Jessica GoldbergerAnchorage$6K
- Bradford FentonAnchorage$4K
- Julie CastleAnchorage$4K
- Tirza CannonAnchorage$3K
- Dana EspindolaAnchorage$3K
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.