Melissa Gunther, PA
Physician Assistant · Salisbury, MDNPI 1629342910
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 150 payments — averaging $31.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$3K
- Novo Nordisk$395
- AbbVie$279
- Pfizer$227
- Lilly USA, LLC$205
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$121
- plus $979 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,90140%
- Travel & lodging$30%
- Food & beverage$2,85460%
- Education$240%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 23 | $2,576 |
| Novo Nordisk | 31 | $395 |
| AbbVie | 15 | $279 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $227 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $205 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $111 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $99 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $98 |
| Novartis | 4 | $92 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $74 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $54 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $49 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Merck | 3 | $48 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $43 |
| Bayer | 2 | $31 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $27 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $19 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals 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.
How this compares
$4,782 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,567 physician assistant providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 82 | $112,620 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 89 | $108,193 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 49 | $63,205 |
| EliquisApixaban | 57 | $61,236 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 42 | $49,563 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 38 | $34,092 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 13 | $23,903 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 19 | $19,963 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 19 | $18,189 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 17 | $17,331 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 11 | $14,123 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 454 | $13,079 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 22 | $12,298 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 14 | $11,753 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 13 | $11,133 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Spiriva Respimat | $54 | $127,423118 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $395 | $112,62082 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $205 | $73,46655 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $227 | $61,23657 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Ubrelvy, Synthroid | $279 | $30,40972 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $44 | $19,96319 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Farxiga | $111 | $19,28724 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $92 | $18,18919 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $99 | $14,12311 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 90th percentile of 2,567 physician assistant providers in Maryland.
Other physician assistant in Salisbury
- Brittany YerkesSalisbury$81K
- Margaret JoyceTowson$220K
- Kara CossisBaltimore$177K
- Michael RitmillerOwings Mills$92K
- Garland JamesSilver Spring$86K
- Melissa BearekmanBaltimore$81K
- Bruce SmithBaltimore$63K
- Shannon MarriottBaltimore$38K
- Amy CollierTimonium$29K
- Hannah JohnsonNottingham$27K
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.