Melissa Brown, MD
Urology · Aberdeen, SDNPI 1679557391
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $184 of the $259 with a category attached, or 71.1%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Astellas Pharma US Inc at 35.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $90 and has fallen 69.7% since, to $27 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for urology clinicians in SD, where the typical reported total is $713.
Across 8 payments — averaging $32.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$91
- Boston Scientific$79
- Valencia Technologies Corporation$27
- AbbVie$24
- Myovant Sciences Inc.$15
- Smith+Nephew$14
- plus $9 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$18471%
- Education$7529%
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 | 2 | $91 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $79 |
| Valencia Technologies Corporation | 1 | $27 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $24 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $14 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $9 |
How this compares
$259 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 40 urology providers in South Dakota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 72 | $37,646 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 278 | $20,858 |
| Tolterodine Tartrate ErTolterodine Tartrate | 155 | $13,461 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 190 | $11,139 |
| Trospium Chloride ErTrospium Chloride | 55 | $8,360 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 328 | $6,945 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 12 | $5,976 |
| Estradiol | 47 | $5,886 |
| Darifenacin ErDarifenacin Hydrobromide | 23 | $5,630 |
| RenacidinCitric Ac/Gluconolact/Mag Carb | 11 | $5,413 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 238 | $4,178 |
| Fesoterodine Fumarate ErFesoterodine Fumarate | 16 | $4,000 |
| Finasteride | 290 | $3,721 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 184 | $3,682 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 50 | $3,673 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $91 | $37,64672 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 35th percentile of 40 urology providers in South Dakota.
Other urology in Aberdeen
- George KiserAberdeen$352
- Paul EckrichAberdeen$241
- Eric LeichterAberdeen$218
- Michael OberleNorth Sioux City$11K
- Lauren ThumSioux Falls$7K
- Andrew BourneDakota Dunes$6K
- Levi HamiltonRapid City$5K
- Jamie OlsenDakota Dunes$4K
- Daniel OlsenDakota Dunes$3K
- David DanielsDakota Dunes$3K
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.