John Carraher
Urology · Jackson, TNNPI 1689657967
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% 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. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 30.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $417 and has fallen 60.5% since, to $165 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for urology clinicians in TN, where the typical reported total is $3,324.
Across 85 payments — averaging $21.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$562
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$272
- AbbVie$190
- Neotract Inc.$94
- Blue Earth Diagnostics$92
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$76
- plus $551 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,837100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 14 | $562 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 16 | $272 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 14 | $190 |
| Neotract Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 4 | $92 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $76 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $49 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 3 | $44 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $43 |
| Coloplast | 3 | $40 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Avadel Specialty Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
| Rochester Medical Corporation | 1 | $13 |
| Foundation Medicine, 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.
- LithoVue$119
- NEPHROMAX$118
- SPACEOAR VUE$100
How this compares
$1,837 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 276 urology providers in Tennessee.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 29 | $529 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other urology in Jackson
- L KnollNashville$2.1M
- David GubinMemphis$1M
- Gautam JayramNashville$1M
- David MorrisHendersonville$871K
- Roger DmochowskiNashville$763K
- Paul EberGermantown$476K
- Ashley TapscottNashville$425K
- Raoul ConcepcionNashville$339K
- Melissa KaufmanNashville$312K
- Mark GreenbergerMemphis$249K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.