Aaron Swedberg
Physician Assistant · Matthews, NCNPI 1225426281
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 249 payments — averaging $20.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$1K
- Novartis$763
- Pfizer$540
- Johnson & Johnson$503
- AbbVie$501
- AstraZeneca$462
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,102100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 44 | $1,009 |
| Novartis | 31 | $763 |
| Pfizer | 31 | $540 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 25 | $503 |
| AbbVie | 25 | $501 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 27 | $462 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 16 | $290 |
| Merck | 11 | $222 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 6 | $153 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $148 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $133 |
| Gilead | 3 | $86 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $55 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 3 | $47 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 2 | $41 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $23 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bayer | 1 | $20 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $19 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
How this compares
$5,102 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 7,441 physician assistant providers in North Carolina.
Other physician assistant in Matthews
- Jo HughesGreensboro$814K
- Rachel HolzhauerCharlotte$739K
- Amber BlairCharlotte$551K
- Benjamin EpsteinDavidson$447K
- Rebecca KrausDavidson$425K
- Brooke JonesGoldsboro$259K
- Philip ReasbeckWilson$180K
- Katherine SchultzHuntersville$164K
- Kristin CabedaCharlotte$135K
- Jay ClarkeArden$133K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.