Ashley Brandon, MD
Urology · Burlington, NCNPI 1790912574
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 189 payments — averaging $18.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$509
- Pfizer$363
- Coloplast$297
- Johnson & Johnson$296
- Neotract Inc.$262
- Antares Pharma, Inc.$230
- plus $2K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,31293%
- Education$2577%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 25 | $509 |
| Pfizer | 25 | $363 |
| Coloplast | 14 | $297 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 15 | $296 |
| Neotract Inc. | 6 | $262 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 13 | $230 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 16 | $227 |
| Bayer | 10 | $182 |
| Teleflex LLC | 7 | $160 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 9 | $144 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $114 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 6 | $75 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 4 | $67 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 2 | $56 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 1 | $48 |
| Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| GE HealthCare | 2 | $47 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Photocure Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Teleflex Medical Incorporated | 2 | $31 |
| Calyxo, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $21 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Dornier Medtech America, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Avadel Specialty Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Clarus Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- UroLift$124
How this compares
$3,569 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 434 urology 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ErleadaApalutamide | 14 | $204,602 |
| OrgovyxRelugolix | 48 | $130,257 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 99 | $61,269 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 78 | $58,987 |
| PremarinEstrogens, Conjugated | 11 | $4,784 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 352 | $4,659 |
| Estradiol | 55 | $3,812 |
| Finasteride | 205 | $3,307 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 57 | $1,575 |
| Trospium Chloride | 28 | $1,208 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 20 | $1,144 |
| Testosterone Cypionate | 13 | $694 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 41 | $532 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 17 | $394 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 15 | $376 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonErleada | $296 | $204,60214 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Orgovyx, Gemtesa | $45 | $189,244126 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $509 | $61,26999 claims |
| PfizerPremarin | $363 | $4,78411 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 55th percentile of 434 urology providers in North Carolina.
Other urology in Burlington
- Daniel GeorgeDurham$17.6M
- Robert LippittSmithfield$11.4M
- Thomas PolascikDurham$4.7M
- Judd MoulDurham$4.1M
- John WrennGreensboro$2.9M
- Michael KennellyCharlotte$1.4M
- John KasparRaleigh$1.1M
- Scott MacdiarmidGreensboro$882K
- Glenn PremingerDurham$736K
- Jonathan HamiltonGreenville$695K
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.