Heather Carlson, DO
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Mankato, MNNPI 1467665315
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $1,040 of the $1,370 with a category attached, or 75.9%. Applied Medical Resources Corporation accounts for 78.3% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,102 and has fallen 98.4% since, to $17 in 2025.
Across 22 payments — averaging $62.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Applied Medical Resources Corporation$1K
- AbbVie$44
- Davol Inc.$32
- Johnson & Johnson$32
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$27
- Coopersurgical, Inc.$25
- plus $136 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,04076%
- Food & beverage$33024%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 3 | $1,073 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $44 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $32 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $27 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $18 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 1 | $12 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Organon | 1 | $9 |
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.
- GelPOINT V-Path$1,040
How this compares
$1,370 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 615 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Minnesota.
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 obstetrics & gynecology in Mankato
- Eric EnglishLake Elmo$228K
- Matthew PalmerCrystal$138K
- Eugen CampianRed Wing$137K
- Kirk ShibleyEdina$130K
- Christy Boraas AlslebenMinneapolis$44K
- Jani JensenRochester$42K
- Rachel CadyCrosby$29K
- Regan TheilerRochester$20K
- Eric HeegaardMinneapolis$18K
- Ashleigh SwearingenNew Ulm$17K
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.