Curtis Dunshee, MD
Urology · Tucson, AZNPI 1538161880
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.5%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 43 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 26.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $23,641 and has fallen 97.0% since, to $718 in 2025. Among urology 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 449 payments — averaging $103.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$12K
- Astellas Pharma Global Development$10K
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$6K
- Bayer$4K
- Sanofi$3K
- Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC$2K
- plus $8K from 37 others
Across 1,204 payments — averaging $13,306 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.
- Pfizer$10.5M
- Medivation LLC.$3.6M
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$894K
- AstraZeneca$319K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$176K
- Astellas Pharma Global Development$156K
- plus $335K from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$22,53849%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,85923%
- Travel & lodging$3,3837%
- Food & beverage$9,16020%
- Education$4831%
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.
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.
How this compares
$46,422 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 269 urology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| XtandiEnzalutamide | 43 | $603,585 |
| NubeqaDarolutamide | 23 | $307,966 |
| Abiraterone Acetate | 130 | $241,169 |
| OrgovyxRelugolix | 79 | $205,672 |
| ZytigaAbiraterone Acetate | 15 | $167,750 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 41 | $31,396 |
| ElmironPentosan Polysulfate Sodium | 12 | $11,838 |
| Testosterone | 32 | $6,168 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 32 | $4,780 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 286 | $4,183 |
| Finasteride | 205 | $2,489 |
| Testosterone Cypionate | 31 | $1,287 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 37 | $742 |
| Prednisone | 93 | $639 |
| Dutasteride | 15 | $580 |
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 IncXtandi, Myrbetriq | $512 | $634,98184 claims |
| BayerNubeqa | $4,417 | $307,96623 claims |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLCAbiraterone Acetate | $1,963 | $241,169130 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Orgovyx | $817 | $205,67279 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonZytiga | $540 | $167,75015 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 95th percentile of 269 urology providers in Arizona.
Other urology in Tucson
- Mitzi BarmatzTucson$135K
- Susan KalotaTucson$30K
- Kalpesh PatelTucson$26K
- Tristan BerryTucson$14K
- Aleksandar BlubaumTucson$11K
- Mitchell HumphreysPhoenix$358K
- Shawn BlickGoodyear$336K
- Daniel JaffeePhoenix$280K
- Rahul MehanMesa$277K
- Chinedu MmejeGilbert$114K
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.