Top Nurse Practitioner - Family in North Carolina by Industry Payments

This analysis ranks the top nurse practitioner - family practitioners in North Carolina by total payments received from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, based on CMS Open Payments data. The 20 providers listed here collectively received $2,568,035 over the covered period.

Data source: CMS Open Payments + Medicare Part B Coverage: 2022–2024 Providers analyzed: 20 State: North Carolina
$2,568,035
Total Industry Payments
Across all providers in this analysis
20
Providers Analyzed
With at least one payment on record
$93,504
Median Total Payments
Half of providers received more, half received less
Context: Industry payments to physicians are legally required to be disclosed under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. Payments may reflect consulting expertise, research participation, or speaking engagements. This data is provided to support transparency, not to render clinical judgments.

Top Nurse Practitioner - Family by Total Industry Payments — North Carolina

CMS Open Payments
# Provider Total Payments Companies Years Active
1
Leslie Byrne
Mamers, NC
$481,705
4 2022–2024
2
Michele Cerra
Durham, NC
$280,869
16 2021–2024
3
Carrie Pettit
Raleigh, NC
$279,178
5 2021–2024
4
Meredith Lea
Yanceyville, NC
$220,671
4 2021–2024
5
Kimberly Halla
Gastonia, NC
$215,071
24 2021–2024
6
Jennifer Gibbs
Raleigh, NC
$197,653
1 2023–2024
7
Wilmington, NC
$136,813
14 2021–2024
8
Debra Scott
Charlotte, NC
$103,909
3 2021–2024
9
Lisa Suddreth
Gastonia, NC
$93,791
39 2021–2024
10
Angela Walling
Carthage, NC
$93,504
29 2021–2024
11
Courtney Wilson
Wilmington, NC
$80,683
3 2022–2024
12
Amanda Kelly
Cary, NC
$62,812
12 2022–2024
13
Raleigh, NC
$46,478
61 2021–2024
14
Durham, NC
$45,536
7 2021–2024
15
Cary, NC
$42,764
31 2021–2024
16
Jacksonville, NC
$40,423
44 2021–2024
17
Teri Lee
Lenoir, NC
$39,467
14 2021–2024
18
Deanna May
Greensboro, NC
$37,679
42 2021–2024
19
Stephanie Pascale
Raleigh, NC
$35,467
36 2021–2024
20
Charlotte, NC
$33,562
10 2021–2024

State payment context — Nurse Practitioner - Family in North Carolina

CMS Open Payments

Beyond the top recipients listed above, 3,658 nurse practitioner - family providers in North Carolina have at least one disclosed industry payment, totaling $6,350,403 (2018–2024).

The median nurse practitioner - family provider in North Carolina received $293 in total payments, versus a national median of $277 for the same specialty.

Payments to this specialty in North Carolina peaked in 2024, when $1,873,232 changed hands across 49,349 transactions. ABBVIE INC. has been the largest single payer over the period, and Raleigh leads all North Carolina cities in payment volume for this specialty.

Top companies paying Nurse Practitioner - Family providers in North Carolina

Company Total payments Providers paid Transactions
ABBVIE INC. $914,910 1,457 18,694
Purdue Pharmaceuticals L.P. $406,266 3 62
Allergan, Inc. $311,744 74 831
Novo Nordisk Inc $308,414 1,490 17,062
Lilly USA, LLC $266,986 1,216 10,180
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $249,679 1,218 9,081
Amgen Inc. $191,269 910 6,055
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $181,995 820 5,184

Industry payments to Nurse Practitioner - Family providers in North Carolina by year

Year Total payments Providers paid Transactions
2018 $27 2 2
2019 $88 2 3
2020 $15 1 1
2021 $975,515 1,819 35,292
2022 $1,630,416 2,118 41,993
2023 $1,871,112 2,456 47,562
2024 $1,873,232 2,619 49,349

Top North Carolina cities for Nurse Practitioner - Family industry payments

City Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Raleigh $769,823 237 10,610
Mamers $481,705 1 63
Charlotte $461,605 301 11,455
Durham $399,047 125 3,226
Gastonia $398,264 65 5,864
Wilmington $372,971 104 5,309
Yanceyville $222,419 8 478
Cary $172,613 78 3,179
Methodology Providers filtered to North Carolina-licensed nurse practitioner - family practitioners (NPI taxonomy code 363LF0000X) with at least one Open Payments record. Payments aggregated across all years and all payment types. Rankings reflect cumulative totals, not annualized figures. Data source: CMS Open Payments, accessed via doctransparency.com database.
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