Robert Highland, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Hickory, NCNPI 1831145036
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 74 payments — averaging $21.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$241
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$235
- Roche Diagnostics Corporation$142
- Aspira Women's Health Inc$127
- AbbVie$117
- Masimo Corporation$105
- plus $644 from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,51194%
- Education$1006%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 9 | $241 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 9 | $235 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 3 | $142 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 2 | $127 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $117 |
| Masimo Corporation | 2 | $105 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 6 | $101 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $67 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 5 | $57 |
| Biogen | 2 | $45 |
| Bayer | 2 | $42 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $41 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $26 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Merck | 1 | $23 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $18 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Organon | 1 | $17 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
| Lupin Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Unified Women's Healthcare, LP | 5 | $0 |
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.
- OVA1$105
How this compares
$1,611 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,344 obstetrics & gynecology providers in North Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 101 | $3,107 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 29 | $1,223 |
| Raloxifene Hcl | 74 | $1,108 |
| Nystatin | 70 | $732 |
| Medroxyprogesterone Acetate | 36 | $480 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 17 | $303 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 69 | $246 |
| Acyclovir | 13 | $226 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 14 | $178 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 12 | $124 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 19 | $97 |
| Fluconazole | 17 | $83 |
| Simvastatin | 11 | $74 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 12 | $50 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 17 | $48 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Hickory
- Laura McKainWilmington$2.6M
- Robert ParkerWinston-Salem$2.1M
- Allison PuechlCharlotte$1.6M
- Jeffrey MichelsonNew Bern$1.2M
- Robert LittletonRaleigh$976K
- Donald HornerCharlotte$907K
- Rebecca Dunsmoor SuMorrisville$837K
- Ann CollinsRaleigh$701K
- Kathryn PattenHendersonville$550K
- Mohamad Mehdi ParvaElizabeth City$538K
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.