Catherine Brainard, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Tucson, AZNPI 1912973744
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $237,822 of the $301,569 with a category attached, or 78.9%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 95.2% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $104,701 and has fallen 73.0% since, to $28,247 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in AZ 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 379 payments — averaging $795.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$287K
- Avanos Medical$6K
- Applied Medical Resources Corporation$3K
- Lupin Inc.$2K
- Coloplast$976
- Coopersurgical, Inc.$649
- plus $1K from 10 others
Across 336 payments — averaging $3773.91 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.
- Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc.$483K
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$342K
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$223K
- Sebela Women's Health Inc.$112K
- Myovant Sciences GmbH$52K
- Bayer$51K
- plus $6K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,3792%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,0003%
- Travel & lodging$30,70010%
- Food & beverage$18,4266%
- Education$237,82279%
- Gifts$2420%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 289 | $287,086 |
| Avanos Medical | 6 | $6,402 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 5 | $2,604 |
| Lupin Inc. | 12 | $2,494 |
| Coloplast | 11 | $976 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 13 | $649 |
| Caldera Medical, Inc | 24 | $641 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 5 | $260 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $186 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $91 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $85 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $17 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $17 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$284,759
- ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES$6,227
- SOLOSEC$2,248
- GELPOINT MINI$2,000
- ALEXIS CONTAINED EXTRACTION SYSTEM$2,000
- ALTIS$810
- GELPOINT VPATH$557
- Desara$374
- INTERSTIM$186
- Vaginal Speculum - Snowman/ Pederson Blade$122
- MYOSURE TISSUE REMOVAL DEVICE$118
- NovaSure$118
- Advincula Delineator Uterine Manipulator$116
- SuperCut Hysterectomy Scissors$111
- Obstetrical Products$100
How this compares
$301,569 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 757 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Arizona.
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 | 134 | $7,982 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 17 | $338 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 21 | $167 |
| Ibuprofen | 21 | $96 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 11 | $65 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 29 | $54 |
| Misoprostol | 12 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Tucson
- Shruti BalaTucson$108K
- Lori HudsonTucson$88K
- Carol DehasseTucson$39K
- Arianna SholesTucson$21K
- Amy MitchellTucson$14K
- Snigdha ToodiTucson$11K
- Cameron KlinerTucson$10K
- Francisco GarciniTucson$9K
- Lilia SenTucson$9K
- Nicholas MontaltoTucson$8K
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.