Melody Herman, MD
Anesthesiology · Charlotte, NCNPI 1386934164
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $8,550 of the $11,840 with a category attached, or 72.2%. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Avanos Medical at 59.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $7,752 and has fallen 97.5% since, to $193 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 47 payments — averaging $251.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Avanos Medical$7K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$4K
- Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.$151
- Illuminoss Medical, Inc.$147
- Teleflex LLC$70
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,55072%
- Travel & lodging$1,88916%
- Food & beverage$1,40112%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Avanos Medical | 23 | $7,028 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 18 | $4,444 |
| Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. | 4 | $151 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $70 |
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
$11,840 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,149 anesthesiology 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.
Other anesthesiology in Charlotte
- Loran SolimanCharlotte$306K
- Florin OrzaCharlotte$115K
- Jugal DalalCharlotte$14K
- Ian HasinoffCharlotte$4K
- Jeffrey GadsdenDurham$821K
- Gerald MaccioliRaleigh$330K
- Jerrold LevyDurham$305K
- Alicia WarlickDurham$127K
- William BullockDurham$126K
- Karthik RaghunathanDurham$123K
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.