Carolyn Merkouris, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Anchorage, AKNPI 1174503395
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $625 of the $821 with a category attached, or 76.1%. Astellas Pharma US Inc accounts for 63.1% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $272 and has fallen 86.4% since, to $37 in 2025.
Across 28 payments — averaging $29.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$518
- AbbVie$104
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$77
- Myovant Sciences Inc.$51
- Baxter Healthcare$37
- Coloplast$18
- plus $16 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$62576%
- Education$19624%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 16 | $518 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $104 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $77 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $37 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $18 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$821 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 97 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Alaska.
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 | 28 | $2,077 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Anchorage
- Melissa TondreAnchorage$9K
- Patricia CapoAnchorage$9K
- Shiloh SmallAnchorage$9K
- Allison van HaastertAnchorage$6K
- Natalia SaprykinaAnchorage$6K
- Jessica GoldbergerAnchorage$6K
- Bradford FentonAnchorage$4K
- Julie CastleAnchorage$4K
- Tirza CannonAnchorage$3K
- Dana EspindolaAnchorage$3K
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.