Brant Heniford, MD
Surgery · Charlotte, NCNPI 1558396259
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (54.1%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 55.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $315,325 and has fallen 89.1% since, to $34,338 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 833 payments — averaging $997.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$457K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$346K
- Medtronic$19K
- Intuitive Surgical$5K
- RTI Surgical, Inc$3K
- Davol Inc.$375
- plus $920 from 6 others
Across 18 payments — averaging $7367.40 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Merck$83K
- AbbVie$21K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$15K
- Johnson & Johnson$14K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$282,65034%
- Speaking & faculty fees$449,12354%
- Travel & lodging$68,5008%
- Food & beverage$26,4953%
- Education$4,0000%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 363 | $456,902 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 404 | $346,077 |
| Medtronic | 19 | $18,824 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 14 | $5,145 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 18 | $2,524 |
| Davol Inc. | 4 | $375 |
| Covidien LP | 5 | $284 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $248 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $173 |
| Vertex | 1 | $124 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $78 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 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.
- STRATTICE$246,729
- GORE SYNECOR Biomaterial$211,314
- GORE ENFORM Preperitoneal Biomaterial$161,335
- GORE BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$159,569
- STRATTICE RECONSTRUCTIVE TISSUE MATRIX BPS$147,871
- ALLODERM$75,487
- BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$70,365
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$67,001
- REVOLVE$33,500
- GORE DUALMESH Biomaterial$30,238
- NATRELLE$25,509
- SYNECOR Biomaterial$17,537
- SEAMGUARD Staple Line Reinforcement$16,958
- AbsorbaTack$13,600
- GORE ENFORM Biomaterial$8,768
- Da Vinci Surgical System$4,856
- BOTOX$3,000
- FORTIVA PORCINE DERMIS$1,644
- ProGrip$857
- ALLOGRAFT$507
How this compares
$830,767 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 970 surgery 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.
Other surgery in Charlotte
- Vedra AugensteinCharlotte$789K
- John MartinieCharlotte$712K
- David IannittiCharlotte$360K
- Gregory StanleyCharlotte$304K
- Erin BakerCharlotte$221K
- John GreenCharlotte$202K
- Bradley ThomasCharlotte$162K
- Keith GersinCharlotte$80K
- Timothy KuwadaCharlotte$69K
- Dimitrios StefanidisCharlotte$68K
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.