John Byron, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Southern Pines, NCNPI 1992769806
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.7% of the total across 85 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 16 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 85 payments — averaging $15.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$291
- Avion Pharmaceuticals$201
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$158
- Pfizer$136
- Organon$118
- Coopersurgical, Inc.$113
- plus $334 from 10 others
Across 48 payments — averaging $6437.19 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.
- Pfizer$268K
- Abbott$41K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,33499%
- Education$171%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 16 | $291 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 14 | $201 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 9 | $158 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $136 |
| Organon | 7 | $118 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 7 | $113 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $76 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 6 | $75 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Bayer | 2 | $27 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $15 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,351 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,344 obstetrics & gynecology providers in North Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 124 | $4,523 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 69 | $1,855 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 25 | $667 |
| Norethindrone Acetate | 16 | $606 |
| Medroxyprogesterone Acetate | 24 | $444 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 18 | $370 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 30 | $284 |
| Norethindrone | 14 | $229 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 18 | $210 |
| Metronidazole | 20 | $125 |
| Fluconazole | 18 | $75 |
| Paroxetine Hcl | 13 | $50 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 13 | $14 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Southern Pines
- Jerry MatkinsCharlotte$481K
- Laura McKainWilmington$475K
- Leslie Hansen-LindnerCharlotte$372K
- Robin MatthewsClyde$217K
- Haywood BrownDurham$165K
- Jack IngeRaleigh$157K
- Geeta SwamyDurham$142K
- Karie LafleurAsheville$135K
- Ty RobinsonHigh Point$114K
- Shan BiscetteCharlotte$106K
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.