Brandon Tolbert
Physician Assistant · Rutherford College, NCNPI 1740846971
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $1,149 of the $1,850 with a category attached, or 62.1%. Piedmont Plus Innovation accounts for 62.9% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,561 and has fallen 98.7% since, to $21 in 2025.
Across 28 payments — averaging $66.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Piedmont Plus Innovation$1K
- Arthrex$258
- Bioventus LLC$107
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$87
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$43
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$41
- plus $149 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,14962%
- Food & beverage$68137%
- Education$211%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Piedmont Plus Innovation | 5 | $1,164 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $258 |
| Bioventus LLC | 6 | $107 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $87 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $41 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $38 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Stryker | 1 | $22 |
| BREG, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$1,850 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 7,441 physician assistant 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 75 | $1,192 |
| Methylprednisolone | 95 | $554 |
| Meloxicam | 87 | $296 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 25 | $168 |
| Prednisone | 24 | $161 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 12 | $122 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 13 | $51 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 13 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Rutherford College
- Jo HughesGreensboro$814K
- Rachel HolzhauerCharlotte$739K
- Amber BlairCharlotte$551K
- Benjamin EpsteinDavidson$447K
- Rebecca KrausDavidson$425K
- Brooke JonesGoldsboro$259K
- Philip ReasbeckWilson$180K
- Katherine SchultzHuntersville$164K
- Kristin CabedaCharlotte$135K
- Jay ClarkeArden$133K
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.