Cara Pence, MD
Surgery · Stillwater, OKNPI 1467502138
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 36 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 28.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $145 and has fallen 90.4% since, to $14 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for surgery clinicians in OK, where the typical reported total is $1,035.
Across 36 payments — averaging $15.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$160
- Organogenesis Inc.$127
- Boston Scientific$67
- Veran Medical Technologies, Inc.$33
- Mindray DS USA, Inc.$30
- Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.$29
- plus $109 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$554100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $160 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 16 | $127 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $67 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Mindray DS USA, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $25 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $21 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$554 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 290 surgery providers in Oklahoma.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 86 | $456 |
| Procto-Med HcHydrocortisone | 13 | $208 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 45 | $139 |
| Hydrocortisone | 14 | $75 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Stillwater
- Craig JohnsonTulsa$573K
- Eugene DickensTulsa$456K
- William JenningsTulsa$412K
- John LangClaremore$160K
- Bryce MurrayTulsa$152K
- Steven FeherTulsa$50K
- Samuel PangburnTulsa$50K
- Jared LepleyTulsa$48K
- Christopher CareyOklahoma City$39K
- Tom ConnallyNorman$38K
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.