Christian Yaste
General Practice · Charlotte, NCNPI 1861601445
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $47,301 of the $54,611 with a category attached, or 86.6%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Envista Holdings Corporation at 59.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $21,429, 6.1 times the $3,516 reported in 2019. Among general practice 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 126 payments — averaging $433.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Envista Holdings Corporation$33K
- Straumann USA LLC$11K
- Keystone Dental Inc.$8K
- Dentsply IH Inc.$2K
- Implant Direct Sybron International LLC$1K
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$158
- plus $292 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5001%
- Speaking & faculty fees$47,30187%
- Travel & lodging$1,2162%
- Food & beverage$4,7719%
- Education$1000%
- Gifts$6101%
- Entertainment$1140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Envista Holdings Corporation | 19 | $32,533 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 81 | $10,571 |
| Keystone Dental Inc. | 13 | $8,057 |
| Dentsply IH Inc. | 1 | $1,750 |
| Implant Direct Sybron International LLC | 1 | $1,250 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 3 | $158 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 2 | $87 |
| Coltene Whaledent Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Biolase, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $22 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Kerr Corporation | 1 | $15 |
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.
- EDUCATION$33,758
- Implant Dentistry$1,750
- CEREC$100
How this compares
$54,611 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,924 general practice providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $97 |
| Amoxicillin | 25 | $53 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other general practice in Charlotte
- Matthew MillerCharlotte$937K
- Robert LoweCharlotte$615K
- Brian McMurtryCharlotte$12K
- Johnnie LylesCharlotte$12K
- Marti CherryCharlotte$10K
- Tara HowellCharlotte$7K
- James BarberDurham$768K
- Clifton CameronFayetteville$404K
- Leo HaydtHolly Springs$119K
- Andrew KellyGreensboro$115K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.