Donald Carter, MD
Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck · Merced, CANPI 1083634364
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by gifts: $10,303 of the $10,749 with a category attached, or 95.8%. Olympus America Inc. accounts for 95.8% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $10,338 and has fallen 99.1% since, to $92 in 2025. Among plastic surgery within the head & neck clinicians in CA 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 24 payments — averaging $447.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Olympus America Inc.$10K
- Optinose US, Inc.$157
- GSK$145
- Merck$39
- Aerin Medical Inc.$33
- Sanofi$30
- plus $42 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4464%
- Gifts$10,30396%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $10,303 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 8 | $157 |
| GSK | 8 | $145 |
| Merck | 2 | $39 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $30 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Celon System$10,303
How this compares
$10,749 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 119 plastic surgery within the head & neck providers in California.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Azelastine Hcl | 147 | $6,109 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 494 | $5,505 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 65 | $4,197 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 127 | $2,611 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 18 | $1,956 |
| Famotidine | 90 | $1,322 |
| Liothyronine Sodium | 35 | $1,321 |
| Omeprazole | 14 | $158 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 12 | $118 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 30 | $99 |
| Cephalexin | 20 | $94 |
| Azithromycin | 11 | $87 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 16 | $77 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 17 | $65 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery within the head & neck in Merced
- William BinderBeverly Hills$136.4M
- Jivianne LeeSanta Monica$324K
- John JosephEncino$252K
- Rajesh ChopraBeverly Hills$75K
- Ronald KochMountain View$37K
- Rahul SethWalnut Creek$32K
- Yarah HaidarOrange$31K
- Amar GuptaRiverside$26K
- Donald YooBeverly Hills$12K
- Christopher ZoumalanBeverly Hills$11K
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.