Brandon Sass
Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery · Sugar Land, TXNPI 1861741191
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.0% of the total across 317 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 38.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,866 and has fallen 52.5% since, to $885 in 2025.
Across 317 payments — averaging $28.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$947
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$602
- Urovant Sciences Inc$548
- Medtronic$522
- AbbVie$520
- plus $2K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,71798%
- Education$1752%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 59 | $3,455 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 92 | $947 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 24 | $602 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 60 | $548 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $522 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 18 | $520 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 11 | $488 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 4 | $407 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 4 | $247 |
| Convatec Inc. | 8 | $191 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 4 | $149 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 8 | $139 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $119 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $119 |
| Merck | 1 | $117 |
| Caldera Medical, Inc | 1 | $110 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 4 | $59 |
| Bluewind Medical | 2 | $48 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 1 | $23 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $23 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| Valencia Technologies Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Renovia 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.
- INTERSTIM$404
- EXPAREL$380
- Solyx SIS System$316
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$268
- Advantage System$267
- Orilissa$227
- Axonics$215
- Osphena$121
- GEMTESA$121
- GENERAL FEMALE SUI$120
- FLOSEAL$119
- ALTIS$119
- BRIDION$117
- Desara$110
- Vertessa$110
- SOLYX$110
- Uterine Manipulators & Injectors$102
- Bulkamid$101
How this compares
$8,892 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 74 urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery providers in Texas.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| GemtesaVibegron | 173 | $168,218 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 42 | $34,135 |
| Mirabegron ErMirabegron | 11 | $8,354 |
| Estradiol | 83 | $4,199 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 33 | $3,809 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 47 | $2,603 |
| Trimethoprim | 40 | $1,792 |
| NitrofurantoinNitrofurantoin Macrocrystal | 29 | $1,603 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 116 | $1,469 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 18 | $446 |
| Cephalexin | 41 | $280 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 41 | $185 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 54 | $141 |
| Ibuprofen | 28 | $112 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 31 | $88 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $947 | $168,218173 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $602 | $34,13542 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 70th percentile of 74 urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery providers in Texas.
Other urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery in Sugar Land
- Stephen KrausSan Antonio$372K
- Keith XavierArlington$282K
- Tomas AntoniniAustin$183K
- Amanda WhiteAustin$108K
- Gazala SiddiquiHouston$81K
- Fiona LindoHouston$66K
- Peter LotzeHouston$48K
- Tracy Cannon-SmithArlington$29K
- Teresa IrwinSan Marcos$20K
- Oluwarotimi NetteyHouston$19K
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.