Cary Fishburne, MD
Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery · Charlotte, NCNPI 1285624031
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 521 payments — averaging $442.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$227K
- Coloplast$1K
- Valencia Technologies Corporation$686
- Boston Scientific$622
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$392
- Axonics, Inc.$327
- plus $997 from 14 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $315.00 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.
- Medtronic$315
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,7416%
- Speaking & faculty fees$178,73877%
- Travel & lodging$27,07412%
- Food & beverage$10,8195%
- Education$3530%
- Gifts$270%
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) | 412 | $226,644 |
| Coloplast | 31 | $1,085 |
| Valencia Technologies Corporation | 4 | $686 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $622 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 12 | $392 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 9 | $327 |
| Caldera Medical, Inc | 3 | $212 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 14 | $198 |
| Abbott | 5 | $134 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 4 | $105 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $86 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 3 | $54 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $40 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 1 | $27 |
| Neuraxis, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $18 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $17 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- INTERSTIM$186,307
- ALTAVIVA$19,661
- eCoin Device Kit$618
- AXIS$251
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION SYSTEM$169
- Solyx SIS System$147
- ALTIS$146
- OBTRYX$114
- Axonics$103
- Desara$100
- Axonics r-SNM System$100
How this compares
$230,751 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 35 urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery providers in North Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 155 | $102,892 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 40 | $26,673 |
| Mirabegron ErMirabegron | 33 | $17,481 |
| PremarinEstrogens, Conjugated | 25 | $10,988 |
| Estradiol | 58 | $4,064 |
| Trospium Chloride ErTrospium Chloride | 25 | $2,514 |
| Trospium Chloride | 35 | $2,132 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 16 | $1,475 |
| Desmopressin Acetate | 32 | $1,279 |
| Tolterodine Tartrate ErTolterodine Tartrate | 15 | $1,225 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 43 | $632 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 17 | $388 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 84 | $339 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 12 | $241 |
| Cephalexin | 40 | $207 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $392 | $102,892155 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $105 | $26,67340 claims |
| PfizerPremarin | $86 | $10,98825 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 35 urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery providers in North Carolina.
Other urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery in Charlotte
- William PorterCharlotte$177K
- Erinn MyersCharlotte$30K
- Kevin SteppCharlotte$10K
- Nazema SiddiquiDurham$1.1M
- Catherine MatthewsWinston Salem$954K
- Cindy AmundsenDurham$323K
- Amie KawasakiDurham$27K
- Jennifer WuChapel Hill$14K
- Rahul DuttaWinston Salem$13K
- Sarah BradleyCary$11K
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.