Christopher Welsch, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Jackson, TNNPI 1881662997
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $7,240 of the $7,992 with a category attached, or 90.6%. Hologic Sales And Service, LLC accounts for 80.0% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $5,656 and has fallen 92.6% since, to $420 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in TN 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 14 payments — averaging $570.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$6K
- AbbVie$891
- Intuitive Surgical$462
- Stryker$115
- Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions$67
- Organon$37
- plus $23 from 1 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $3244.00 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.
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$26K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,24091%
- Food & beverage$3554%
- Education$3975%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 5 | $6,397 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $891 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 3 | $462 |
| Stryker | 1 | $115 |
| Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions | 1 | $67 |
| Organon | 1 | $37 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $23 |
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$397
- 1688$115
How this compares
$7,992 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 763 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Tennessee.
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 | 58 | $1,330 |
| Tolterodine Tartrate ErTolterodine Tartrate | 13 | $706 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 12 | $79 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Jackson
- Grover MayJohnson City$916K
- John GreenElizabethton$878K
- Brent LaingElizabethton$480K
- Larry FieldsKnoxville$323K
- Michael SwanNashville$146K
- Clarinda Burton-ShannonLebanon$114K
- Royce AdkinsNashville$95K
- Olga MuldoonNashville$91K
- Kimberly LooneyNashville$84K
- Bert GeerCookeville$83K
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.