Cynthia Brown, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Birmingham, ALNPI 1841382322
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (44.1%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Duchesnay USA Incorporated at 56.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,770 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $59 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in AL 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 69 payments — averaging $139.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Duchesnay USA Incorporated$5K
- Intuitive Surgical$3K
- AbbVie$124
- Medtronic$104
- Myriad Women's Health, Inc.$80
- Shield Therapeutics Inc$57
- plus $608 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,25044%
- Travel & lodging$1,12412%
- Food & beverage$1,24213%
- Education$3,01731%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 11 | $5,416 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 6 | $3,244 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $124 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $104 |
| Myriad Women's Health, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 4 | $57 |
| BD | 1 | $57 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $51 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 4 | $50 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $48 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $38 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $37 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Lupin Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $13 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $12 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 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.
- Osphena$5,280
- DAVINCI XI$3,000
- Da Vinci Surgical System$198
How this compares
$9,633 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 537 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Alabama.
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 | 173 | $8,356 |
| Tolterodine Tartrate ErTolterodine Tartrate | 42 | $1,870 |
| Estradiol (Twice Weekly)Estradiol | 15 | $909 |
| Paroxetine Hcl | 12 | $274 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride | 16 | $213 |
| Fluconazole | 35 | $152 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $49 |
| Gabapentin | 23 | $46 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Birmingham
- Theodore TsaltasBirmingham$853K
- Tomeka RobertsBirmingham$44K
- Percy HudsonBirmingham$29K
- Heidi StraughnBirmingham$29K
- William HudsonBirmingham$13K
- William JohnsonBirmingham$10K
- Loretta PrestonBirmingham$10K
- Laura Lee JoinerBirmingham$9K
- Victoria WheelerBirmingham$8K
- Mia CowanBirmingham$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.