Brandy Patterson, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Birmingham, ALNPI 1487771176
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (51.4%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 40 manufacturers reported payments, led by AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 41.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,540 and has fallen 57.9% since, to $1,489 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in AL 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 197 payments — averaging $37.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$3K
- AbbVie$464
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$431
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$422
- Meditrina$361
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$323
- plus $2K from 34 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,88339%
- Travel & lodging$4266%
- Food & beverage$3,82151%
- Education$3024%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $3,089 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 24 | $464 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 14 | $431 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 20 | $422 |
| Meditrina | 2 | $361 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 19 | $323 |
| Bayer | 11 | $278 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $258 |
| Millicent US Inc | 5 | $228 |
| Organon | 5 | $223 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 8 | $126 |
| Amgen | 8 | $121 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 6 | $100 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 6 | $73 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 4 | $72 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $71 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 4 | $68 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $67 |
| Myriad Women's Health, Inc. | 1 | $62 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 3 | $60 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 3 | $57 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 3 | $49 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $40 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| BD | 1 | $28 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Merck | 2 | $22 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $22 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $18 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $18 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 1 | $13 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- INTRAROSA$3,067
- ACESSA PROVU SYSTEM$253
How this compares
$7,432 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 537 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Alabama.
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 | 81 | $2,442 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 13 | $811 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 17 | $683 |
| Ibandronate Sodium | 15 | $226 |
| Medroxyprogesterone Acetate | 12 | $183 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 15 | $173 |
| Fluconazole | 24 | $151 |
| Lisinopril | 11 | $44 |
| Alprazolam | 23 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Birmingham
- Theodore TsaltasBirmingham$853K
- Tomeka RobertsBirmingham$44K
- Percy HudsonBirmingham$29K
- Heidi StraughnBirmingham$29K
- William HudsonBirmingham$13K
- William JohnsonBirmingham$10K
- Cynthia BrownBirmingham$10K
- Loretta PrestonBirmingham$10K
- Laura Lee JoinerBirmingham$9K
- Victoria WheelerBirmingham$8K
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.