Daniel Nussbaum
Surgical Oncology · Durham, NCNPI 1942590047
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $5,100 of the $5,698 with a category attached, or 89.5%. Asensus Surgical, Inc. accounts for 89.5% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $5,100 and has fallen 94.2% since, to $296 in 2025.
Across 7 payments — averaging $814.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Asensus Surgical, Inc.$5K
- Springworks Therapeutics, Inc.$226
- Medtronic$135
- Boston Scientific$87
- Conmed Corporation$76
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$74
Across 16 payments — averaging $15,399 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.
- Genentech, Inc.$246K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,10089%
- Food & beverage$59811%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Asensus Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $5,100 |
| Springworks Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $226 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $135 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $87 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $76 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
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.
- Senhance Manipulator Arm$5,100
- Senhance Cockpit$5,100
- Senhance Node$5,100
- OGSIVEO$226
- LigaSure$135
How this compares
$5,698 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 34 surgical oncology providers in North Carolina.
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 surgical oncology in Durham
- Georgia BeasleyDurham$23K
- Kevin ShahDurham$12K
- Allison MartinDurham$10K
- Randall ScheriDurham$906
- Jay LeeDurham$781
- Michael StangDurham$380
- Philip WaltherDurham$168
- Scott PruittDurham$58
- Kristalyn GallagherChapel Hill$54K
- Hong Jin KimChapel Hill$22K
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.