Physician profile

Michael Eric Lipkin

Urology · Durham, NC

NPI 1710173869

$293,192.44

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

17 companies · $59K in 2025

The $59K reported for 2025 was more than what 99% of Urology providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $631).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Consulting Fee$83,867.50
Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program$23,500.00
Travel and Lodging$5,048.51
Food and Beverage$2,835.03

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Boston Scientific Corporation $117,722.94 2019-2025 Moses, General - Kidney Stone Disease, Moses 550 Dfl
Ethicon INC. $67,681.73 2019-2020
Olympus America INC. $37,441.92 2022-2025 Soltive, Uretero-Reno Fiberscope, Soltive
Karl Storz Endoscopy-America $25,083.20 2019-2024 Flex-X, Scopesafelaser Fiber, Hopkins
Novo Nordisk INC $8,693.29 2022-2025 Rivfloza
Lumenis, INC $8,588.04 2020
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals INC. $8,355.00 2020-2022
Becton, Dickinson and Company $6,037.50 2025
Cook Incorporated $4,875.00 2021-2023 S~Curve
Olympus Corporation of The Americas $4,380.00 2025 Soltive
C. R. Bard, INC. & Subsidiaries $1,855.91 2021-2024
Ambu INC. $1,514.17 2021-2025
Calyxo, INC. $643.29 2024-2025 Cvac Aspiration System
Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp. $145.85 2019
Cook Medical LLC $121.50 2022-2025 Litho 150
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Astellas Pharma US INC $34.80 2019
Novo Nordisk Health Care Ag $18.30 2025 Rivfloza

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

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Payment summary

Michael Eric Lipkin

$293,192.44

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Boston Scientific Corporation
Context
The $59K reported for 2025 was more than what 99% of Urology providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $631).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.