Soroush Rais-Bahrami, MD
Urology · Winston Salem, NCNPI 1851660849
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (34.1%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 28.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $19,929 and has fallen 54.4% since, to $9,078 in 2025. Among urology 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 140 payments — averaging $473.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$19K
- Blue Earth Diagnostics$12K
- BK Medical Holding Company Inc.$11K
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$6K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$4K
- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$3K
- plus $11K from 22 others
Across 42 payments — averaging $7456.48 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Blue Earth Diagnostics$221K
- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$59K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$25K
- Astellas Pharma Global Development$9K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$22,61834%
- Speaking & faculty fees$21,25032%
- Travel & lodging$12,52619%
- Food & beverage$5,6599%
- Education$4,2506%
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 | 45 | $18,655 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 11 | $11,888 |
| BK Medical Holding Company Inc. | 8 | $11,268 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $6,249 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 15 | $3,791 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $3,432 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $2,988 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $2,156 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $1,620 |
| Bayer | 5 | $1,583 |
| Photocure Inc | 5 | $570 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 9 | $421 |
| Profound Medical Corp. | 2 | $240 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 3 | $239 |
| Koelis Inc. | 2 | $201 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $135 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Coloplast | 3 | $113 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $103 |
| Comsort, Inc | 1 | $100 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $79 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $78 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $43 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $30 |
| Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$13,121
- bk3000, bk3500 & bk5000 Ultrasound System$11,241
- POSLUMA$6,872
- ADSTILADRIN$6,005
- DA VINCI SP$4,300
- Nanoknife$3,430
- PYLARIFY$3,364
- Axumin$3,067
- JEVTANA$2,988
- Uronav$1,620
- Non-Covered$1,531
- Cysview$365
- Tulsa-Pro$217
- TRINITY$186
- AngioVac$156
- Cook$135
- AquaBeam Robotic System$127
- BAVENCIO$119
- LithoVue$115
- DAVINCI XI$109
How this compares
$66,303 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 434 urology 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 11 | $276 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other urology in Winston Salem
- Ryan TerleckiWinston Salem$219K
- Ethan MatzWinston Salem$62K
- Kyle ScarberryWinston Salem$57K
- Connor PolicastroWinston Salem$53K
- Colin KleinguetlWinston Salem$52K
- Anthony AtalaWinston Salem$26K
- Gopal BadlaniWinston Salem$25K
- Alejandro RodriguezWinston Salem$17K
- John SmithWinston Salem$17K
- Robert LippittSmithfield$11.4M
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.