Murielle Brohez, MD
Surgery · Winchester, KYNPI 1679736797
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (46.7%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 68.1% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $8,821, more than ten times the $150 reported in 2019.
Across 53 payments — averaging $222.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$8K
- Davol Inc.$3K
- Stryker$207
- Medtronic$116
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$93
- Covidien LP$79
- plus $280 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,90825%
- Food & beverage$3,36629%
- Education$5,50047%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 13 | $8,024 |
| Davol Inc. | 23 | $2,974 |
| Stryker | 1 | $207 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $116 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $79 |
| BD | 1 | $69 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $38 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $30 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $21 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 2 | $21 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $16 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Novo Nordisk | 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.
- DAVINCI XI$5,500
- Da Vinci Surgical System$2,315
- Phasix Mesh$1,106
- PHASIX$529
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$207
- XenMatrix Surgical Graft$145
- Endo GIA$102
How this compares
$11,774 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 377 surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron Hcl | 101 | $1,150 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 71 | $641 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 16 | $509 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 55 | $429 |
| Ibuprofen | 77 | $212 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 56 | $154 |
| Methimazole | 12 | $142 |
| Sucralfate | 11 | $92 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 11 | $67 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 27 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Winchester
- Eric SmithAshland$1.1M
- John RothLexington$820K
- John OldhamLouisville$515K
- George MundayDanville$271K
- Amber KoonHenderson$210K
- Frank MillerLouisville$119K
- Jared DavisLouisville$89K
- Aaron HouseCorbin$79K
- James WatkinsCampbellsville$70K
- Katrina KolasaDanville$66K
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.