Thomas Brinton, MD
Urology · St George, UTNPI 1558593046
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $6,000 of the $7,959 with a category attached, or 75.4%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 88.5% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,027 and has fallen 98.5% since, to $104 in 2025.
Across 32 payments — averaging $248.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- Bluewind Medical$326
- Boston Scientific$137
- Procept Biorobotics Corporation$134
- C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries$108
- Laborie Medical Technologies Corp.$99
- plus $111 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,07514%
- Food & beverage$88411%
- Education$6,00075%
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 | 14 | $7,044 |
| Bluewind Medical | 3 | $326 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $137 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 1 | $134 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 4 | $108 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 1 | $99 |
| Valencia Technologies Corporation | 1 | $75 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $13 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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$6,832
- REVI$260
- AquaBeam Robotic System$134
How this compares
$7,959 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 96 urology providers in Utah.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 47 | $31,295 |
| Finasteride | 516 | $7,217 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 359 | $4,894 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 126 | $488 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride | 102 | $445 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 16 | $375 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 24 | $278 |
| Lidocaine Hcl | 16 | $256 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 102 | $213 |
| Cephalexin | 16 | $187 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 23 | $101 |
| Amoxicillin | 27 | $89 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other urology in St George
- Bryant WhitingSt George$12K
- John EllsworthSt George$5K
- Robert CopeSt George$3K
- Scott SalmonSt George$3K
- Steven GangeSlc$1.5M
- William BrantSalt Lake City$290K
- Roscoe NelsonAmerican Fork$152K
- Nathan PursifullAmerican Fork$86K
- Benjamin McCormickSalt Lake City$67K
- Richard MaternSalt Lake City$58K
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.