Brant Whited, MD
Anesthesiology · Parkersburg, WVNPI 1871883231
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 37 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Merck accounts for 72.6% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $141 and has fallen 60.8% since, to $55 in 2025.
Across 37 payments — averaging $16.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$449
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$67
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$52
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$20
- La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company$16
- Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$14
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$618100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 27 | $449 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 4 | $67 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $52 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $16 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$618 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 179 anesthesiology providers in West Virginia.
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 anesthesiology in Parkersburg
- David StastnyParkersburg$2K
- John HaidParkersburg$1K
- Ignacio CardenasParkersburg$744
- Edwin BosoParkersburg$641
- Robert HeflinParkersburg$523
- Charles BarryParkersburg$269
- Michael MendozaParkersburg$262
- Dominic CottrellParkersburg$219
- David RosenMorgantown$16K
- Skyler McCoyMorgantown$13K
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.