Blair Brandt, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Knoxville, TNNPI 1902461262
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.0% of the total across 59 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 13 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $655, 5.8 times the $112 reported in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in TN, where the typical reported total is $906.
Across 59 payments — averaging $18.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$221
- Sage Therapeutics, LLC$213
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$139
- Shield Therapeutics Inc$93
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$76
- Boston Scientific$72
- plus $294 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,00891%
- Education$1009%
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 | 8 | $221 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 12 | $213 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 9 | $139 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 6 | $93 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 4 | $76 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $72 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 4 | $58 |
| Organon | 3 | $55 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Millicent US Inc | 2 | $45 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $38 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$1,108 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 763 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 11 | $264 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Knoxville
- Larry FieldsKnoxville$323K
- Ramona ScottKnoxville$25K
- Lowell McCauleyKnoxville$21K
- Michael BullenKnoxville$13K
- Rosalind CadiganKnoxville$10K
- Nikki ZiteKnoxville$10K
- Kimberly RobertsKnoxville$9K
- Sudha NairKnoxville$8K
- Grover MayJohnson City$916K
- John GreenElizabethton$878K
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.