Christopher Chandler, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Charlotte, NCNPI 1922084508
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (55.7%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 67.1% of it on its own, with 24 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $2,655 and has fallen 84.0% since, to $424 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 83 payments — averaging $55.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$3K
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$172
- Biogen$164
- Exact Sciences$147
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$143
- Organon$135
- plus $766 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$44910%
- Food & beverage$1,61035%
- Education$2,58556%
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 | 10 | $3,116 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $172 |
| Biogen | 7 | $164 |
| Exact Sciences | 7 | $147 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 5 | $143 |
| Organon | 9 | $135 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 4 | $104 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 5 | $83 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $79 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Merck | 3 | $48 |
| Asensus Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $36 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $30 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 2 | $28 |
| Bayer | 2 | $28 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $11 |
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$2,930
How this compares
$4,644 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,344 obstetrics & gynecology 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.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Charlotte
- Jerry MatkinsCharlotte$481K
- Leslie Hansen-LindnerCharlotte$372K
- Shan BiscetteCharlotte$106K
- Melissa WoolworthCharlotte$86K
- Heather BaneCharlotte$50K
- Nita DesaiCharlotte$34K
- Scott SchneiderCharlotte$19K
- Yovanni CasablancaCharlotte$13K
- Allison PuechlCharlotte$13K
- Smitha VilasagarCharlotte$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.