Roy Baskin
Surgery · Hickory, NCNPI 1871113183
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 35.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,280 and has fallen 85.5% since, to $185 in 2025.
Across 74 payments — averaging $38.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$397
- AbbVie$317
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$305
- Stryker$151
- Urgo Medical North America, LLC$94
- plus $569 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,53554%
- Education$1,30546%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $1,007 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 17 | $397 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 14 | $317 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $305 |
| Stryker | 6 | $151 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 4 | $94 |
| CSL Behring | 5 | $82 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 2 | $68 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $56 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $41 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $40 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $34 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $28 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $24 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $21 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $17 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $15 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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$1,000
How this compares
$2,840 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 970 surgery providers in North Carolina.
Other surgery in Hickory
- Montgomery CoxHickory$82K
- Baker HensonHickory$37K
- Brant HenifordCharlotte$831K
- Vedra AugensteinCharlotte$789K
- John MartinieCharlotte$712K
- Dana PortenierDurham$702K
- Paul EnochsCary$595K
- David IannittiCharlotte$360K
- William HopeWilmington$350K
- Martyn KnowlesRaleigh$311K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.