Dr. Gates C. Cook, MD

Dr. Cook practices at Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center (Brainerd) in Brainerd, Minnesota, part of Essentia Health.

Dr. Cook's NPI, 1851748834, was assigned on May 19, 2016. Dr. Cook holds Minnesota license 69064.

Dr. Cook's primary practice is Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center (Brainerd), at 523 North 3rd Street, Brainerd, MN 56401 in Crow Wing County. The practice phone is (218) 829-2861.

Dr. Cook's primary practice is Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center (Brainerd) in Brainerd, Minnesota, part of Essentia Health. Dr. Cook is also affiliated with Essentia Health-Fargo. The medical group on file is Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cook to 1 more hospital, 3 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Cook practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Urology is Dr. Cook's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208800000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Cook's licenses on file in 2 states: Minnesota and Oklahoma.

CMS data shows 369 Medicare services from Dr. Cook across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 291 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $18,870 for them.

CMS counts 291 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cook in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 114 patients. 70% of them have high blood pressure, and 70% have high cholesterol. 11% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.37, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Cook's median patient age at 72, with 23% women.

In 2024, Dr. Cook wrote 1,025 Medicare Part D claims for 308 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 883 of them, across 10 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $53,951 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 837 claims across 14 drugs.

Dr. Cook accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 15 procedures of prostate resection by Dr. Cook, more than 72% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Removal of skin lesions: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Cook, published from 2014 to 2020. 2020 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are General Surgery, Internship and Residency and Professional Misconduct. Dr. Cook has published most often in J Surg Educ. Dr. Cook's most frequent co-authors are Peter C. Adamson, MD, Dominic Frimberger, MD and Sean Joseph Langenfeld, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 59 general payments to Dr. Cook from 17 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 85% of the total. Boston Scientific Corporation paid the most, $1,264.