John Kirkland, MD
Urology · Charlotte, NCNPI 1326081746
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.2% of the total across 101 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 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $705 and has fallen 94.8% since, to $36 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for urology clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $2,562.
Across 101 payments — averaging $28.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$646
- AbbVie$389
- Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC$353
- Procept Biorobotics Corporation$298
- Myovant Sciences Inc.$165
- Urogen Pharma, Inc.$134
- plus $914 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,84898%
- Education$512%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 33 | $646 |
| AbbVie | 21 | $389 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 4 | $353 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 3 | $298 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 9 | $165 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $134 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $133 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 1 | $119 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $116 |
| Neotract Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 2 | $43 |
| Bioprotect Medical, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Bayer | 1 | $39 |
| Dornier Medtech America, Inc | 1 | $37 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 1 | $36 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $23 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| Clarus Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $16 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- AquaBeam Robotic System$275
- PROVENGE$217
- XIAFLEX$121
- ORGOVYX$106
- iTIND System$102
How this compares
$2,899 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 434 urology providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 82 | $1,556 |
| Silodosin | 11 | $764 |
| Finasteride | 27 | $337 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 11 | $235 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other urology in Charlotte
- Michael KennellyCharlotte$1.3M
- Manish PatelCharlotte$84K
- Kris GastonCharlotte$32K
- Todd CohenCharlotte$18K
- Ornob RoyCharlotte$17K
- Maxim McKibbenCharlotte$15K
- Robert LippittSmithfield$11.4M
- John KasparRaleigh$1.1M
- Judd MoulDurham$1M
- Daniel GeorgeDurham$1M
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.