Deidra Blanks, MD
Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery · Fayetteville, NCNPI 1619170529
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $19,525 of the $23,484 with a category attached, or 83.1%. Galderma Laboratories, L.p. accounts for 93.5% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $11,731 and has fallen 98.8% since, to $140 in 2025.
Across 84 payments — averaging $279.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$22K
- Merz North America, Inc.$360
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$224
- Sanofi$199
- GSK$154
- Aerin Medical Inc.$116
- plus $480 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$19,52583%
- Travel & lodging$2,0079%
- Food & beverage$1,9528%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 31 | $21,950 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 2 | $360 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 8 | $224 |
| Sanofi | 8 | $199 |
| GSK | 9 | $154 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 6 | $116 |
| Axogen | 1 | $115 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 6 | $108 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $77 |
| Stryker | 3 | $43 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 2 | $27 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $24 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $23 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $21 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $12 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 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.
How this compares
Too few otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery providers in North Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 14 | $61,809 |
| Epinephrine | 20 | $2,965 |
| Scopolamine | 16 | $1,592 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 25 | $898 |
| Omeprazole | 30 | $559 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 27 | $553 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 14 | $342 |
| Cephalexin | 18 | $193 |
| Famotidine | 17 | $138 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 15 | $131 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 11 | $107 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 15 | $97 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USAEpinephrine | $21 | $2,96520 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. There are too few otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery providers in North Carolinaon file to place this against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery in Fayetteville
- Gilson KingmanWinston Salem$9K
- Stephen SealAsheville$3K
- Jonathan KulbershCharlotte$2K
- Thomas WarrenMooresville$1K
- Nitzan CatzSmithfield$312
- Jeffrey CampbellLumberton$266
- William McGuirtWinston Salem$88
- Michael FreemanCharlotte$39
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.