Dr. Anthony Asher, MD

Neurological Surgery Charlotte, NC Male
NPI: 1003814914
Total Payments
$121,264
2024 Payments
$11,663
Companies
14
Transactions
154
Medicare Patients
792
Medicare Billing
$191,668

Payment Breakdown by Category

Royalty/License$49,307 (40.7%)
Consulting$32,272 (26.6%)
Travel$17,167 (14.2%)
Other$13,392 (11.0%)
Food & Beverage$8,982 (7.4%)
Education$143.21 (0.1%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Royalty or License $49,307 13 40.7%
Consulting Fee $32,272 21 26.6%
Travel and Lodging $17,167 44 14.2%
Food and Beverage $8,982 58 7.4%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $6,600 1 5.4%
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program $4,174 1 3.4%
Honoraria $2,500 2 2.1%
Education $143.21 12 0.1%
Entertainment $117.89 1 0.1%
Unspecified $0 1 0.0%

Payments by Type

General
$121,264
153 transactions
Ownership
$0
1 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Globus Medical, Inc. $81,215 61 $0 (2024)
Brainlab, Inc. $12,552 11 $0 (2023)
Medtronic, Inc. $8,343 22 $0 (2024)
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $8,312 1 $0 (2019)
Stryker Corporation $6,597 19 $0 (2023)
Synaptive Medical Inc. $2,988 11 $0 (2017)
Medtronic USA, Inc. $397.73 5 $0 (2019)
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. $373.10 4 $0 (2023)
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $166.53 14 $0 (2022)
Abbott Laboratories $126.60 1 $0 (2022)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $11,663 5 Globus Medical, Inc. ($11,450)
2023 $21,761 27 Globus Medical, Inc. ($13,172)
2022 $17,047 29 Globus Medical, Inc. ($11,677)
2021 $4,898 1 Globus Medical, Inc. ($4,898)
2020 $5,450 5 Stryker Corporation ($4,950)
2019 $20,492 40 Globus Medical, Inc. ($11,780)
2018 $21,827 16 Globus Medical, Inc. ($16,933)
2017 $18,126 31 Globus Medical, Inc. ($10,805)

All Payment Transactions

154 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 7

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/03/2024 Medtronic, Inc. MIDAS REX (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.86 General
Category: High Speed Surgical Drills and Tools
10/30/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $3,152.16 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
09/16/2024 Medtronic, Inc. TA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $185.26 General
Category: Surgical Stapling
07/30/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $3,457.49 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
04/26/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $4,840.09 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
12/31/2023 Globus Medical, Inc. ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $2,304.28 General
Category: Robotics
11/20/2023 Medtronic, Inc. — Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $6,600.00 General
11/11/2023 Medtronic, Inc. STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $18.67 General
Category: Image Guided Surgery Products
11/10/2023 Medtronic, Inc. — Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $124.51 General
11/10/2023 Medtronic, Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $87.14 General
11/10/2023 Medtronic, Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $57.39 General
11/10/2023 Medtronic, Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $33.20 General
11/10/2023 Medtronic, Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.57 General
11/09/2023 Medtronic, Inc. — Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $222.64 General
11/09/2023 Medtronic, Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $176.18 General
11/09/2023 Medtronic, Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $75.87 General
11/09/2023 Medtronic, Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $39.53 General
11/09/2023 Medtronic, Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $33.87 General
11/08/2023 Medtronic, Inc. — Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $259.00 General
11/08/2023 Medtronic, Inc. — Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $44.59 General
11/08/2023 Medtronic, Inc. — Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $27.31 General
09/30/2023 Globus Medical, Inc. ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $3,085.17 General
Category: Robotics
09/25/2023 Medtronic, Inc. — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $137.37 General
09/11/2023 Stryker Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $166.06 General
06/30/2023 Globus Medical, Inc. ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $4,141.44 General
Category: Robotics
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Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 4 88 93 $123,650 $12,277
2022 7 185 193 $333,358 $54,246
2021 9 230 239 $358,752 $69,065
2020 13 289 318 $317,101 $56,081
Total Patients
792
Total Services
843
Medicare Billing
$191,668
Procedure Codes
33

All Medicare Procedures & Services

33 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
70553 Mri scan of brain before and after contrast Office 2023 39 43 $92,450 $6,366 6.9%
61781 Computer-assisted procedure inside brain Facility 2023 13 14 $15,288 $2,489 16.3%
69990 Use of operating microscope Facility 2023 14 14 $13,272 $2,291 17.3%
99442 Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes Office 2023 22 22 $2,640 $1,131 42.8%
61510 Removal of skull bone for removal of growth of upper brain Facility 2022 18 18 $130,738 $29,351 22.5%
70553 Mri scan of brain before and after contrast Office 2022 55 60 $129,000 $9,611 7.4%
61781 Computer-assisted procedure inside brain Facility 2022 32 32 $34,944 $5,834 16.7%
69990 Use of operating microscope Facility 2022 29 29 $27,492 $4,873 17.7%
99442 Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes Office 2022 23 26 $3,120 $1,746 55.9%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 14 14 $5,082 $1,527 30.0%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 14 14 $2,982 $1,305 43.7%
61510 Removal of bone from skull for removal of upper brain tumor Facility 2021 15 15 $115,201 $24,986 21.7%
61798 Stereotactic treatment of brain growth, 1 complex lesion Facility 2021 15 15 $54,000 $16,232 30.1%
70553 Mri scan of brain before and after contrast Office 2021 51 54 $116,100 $9,728 8.4%
69990 Use of operating microscope Facility 2021 27 27 $25,596 $4,593 17.9%
61781 Computer-assisted procedure inside the brain Facility 2021 24 24 $26,208 $4,432 16.9%
99204 New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes Office 2021 30 30 $10,890 $3,664 33.6%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 24 25 $5,325 $2,523 47.4%
99442 Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion Office 2021 32 37 $4,424 $2,462 55.6%
99441 Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion Office 2021 12 12 $1,008 $443.74 44.0%
61510 Removal of brain tumor Facility 2020 11 14 $109,138 $24,063 22.0%
69990 Use of operating microscope Facility 2020 30 34 $32,232 $5,834 18.1%
70553 Mri scan of brain before and after contrast Office 2020 31 31 $66,650 $5,763 8.6%
61781 Computer-assisted procedure inside the brain Facility 2020 23 25 $27,300 $4,642 17.0%
22853 Insertion of device into intervertebral disc space of spine and fusion of vertebrae Facility 2020 14 17 $18,819 $3,459 18.4%
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About Dr. Anthony Asher, MD

Dr. Anthony Asher, MD is a Neurological Surgery healthcare provider based in Charlotte, North Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 07/13/2005. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1003814914.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Anthony Asher, MD has received a total of $121,264 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $11,663 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 154 transactions from 14 companies. The most common payment nature is "Royalty or License" ($49,307).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Asher has provided services to 792 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 843 services with total Medicare billing of $191,668. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 33 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Neurological Surgery
  • Location Charlotte, NC
  • Active Since 07/13/2005
  • Last Updated 12/06/2021
  • Taxonomy Code 207T00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1003814914

Products in Payments

  • Excelsius - GPS (Device) $28,708
  • ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System (Device) $24,622
  • CRANIAL (Device) $16,373
  • Excelsius Robotics System (Device) $10,756
  • Novalis (Device) $8,911
  • VenaSeal (Device) $8,312
  • ADHERUS AUTOSPRAY DURAL SEALANT (Device) $4,367
  • Image Guided Surgical Device (Device) $3,641
  • BRIGHTMATTER GUIDE/Modus V (Device) $2,988
  • EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM (Device) $1,056
  • NEURO (Device) $744.33
  • Excelsius Cranial 1.0 (Device) $500.00
  • TA (Device) $185.26
  • Gliadel (Drug) $166.53
  • Excelsius (Device) $139.70
  • Artis icono floor (Device) $137.23
  • CD HORIZON (Device) $132.65
  • STEALTH AUTOGUIDE SYSTEM (Device) $129.00
  • PROCLAIM (Device) $126.60
  • Adherus AutoSpray Dural Sealant (Device) $79.08

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Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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