Anthony Charles, MD
Surgery · Chapel Hill, NCNPI 1730297680
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (45.7%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 58.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $10,249 and has fallen 85.0% since, to $1,539 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 62 payments — averaging $353.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$13K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$5K
- KARL Storz Endoscopy-america$3K
- Davol Inc.$622
- Boston Scientific$261
- Johnson & Johnson$206
- plus $471 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,96023%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5007%
- Travel & lodging$3,42016%
- Food & beverage$2,0079%
- Education$10,01346%
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 | 32 | $12,812 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $4,960 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 5 | $2,568 |
| Davol Inc. | 8 | $622 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $261 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $206 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $173 |
| Stryker | 1 | $159 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Merck | 2 | $30 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Tesaro, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$10,000
- NA$4,960
- Da Vinci Surgical System$2,185
- CORD,HIGH FREQ,W/8MM PLUG,300CM,$1,690
- CORD,HI FREQ,W/8MM PLUG,300CM,$803
- Phasix Mesh$283
- SpyGlass Discover$249
- VuePoint$173
- XLIF$173
- RELINE$173
- SPY-PHI SYSTEM$159
- PHASIX$135
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT$124
How this compares
$21,900 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 970 surgery providers in North Carolina.
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.
Other surgery in Chapel Hill
- Booker KingChapel Hill$58K
- Joseph TurekChapel Hill$46K
- Brant HenifordCharlotte$831K
- Vedra AugensteinCharlotte$789K
- John MartinieCharlotte$712K
- Dana PortenierDurham$702K
- Paul EnochsCary$595K
- David IannittiCharlotte$360K
- William HopeWilmington$350K
- Martyn KnowlesRaleigh$311K
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.