Christopher Hunt, MD
Anesthesiology · Hickory, NCNPI 1558341255
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 419 payments — averaging $24.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Medtronic$2K
- Painteq LLC$1K
- Nevro Corp.$1K
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$538
- Curonix LLC$200
- plus $1K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$10,27399%
- Education$911%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 190 | $4,323 |
| Medtronic | 59 | $1,559 |
| Painteq LLC | 22 | $1,225 |
| Nevro Corp. | 25 | $1,042 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 36 | $538 |
| Curonix LLC | 17 | $200 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 8 | $194 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $166 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $145 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 5 | $142 |
| Abbott | 5 | $91 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $76 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $65 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| Avanos Medical | 3 | $54 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $46 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 3 | $46 |
| Vertex | 2 | $45 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $39 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 3 | $38 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $12 |
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.
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$584
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$383
- PAINTEQ$232
- Vyrsa V1$145
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$123
- SYNCHROMEDII$113
- Omnia$109
How this compares
$10,363 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,149 anesthesiology providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 47 | $32,942 |
| NucyntaTapentadol Hcl | 18 | $31,083 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 35 | $24,328 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 661 | $21,553 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 665 | $17,108 |
| Buprenorphine | 77 | $16,725 |
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 18 | $12,965 |
| Fentanyl | 125 | $12,452 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 376 | $6,484 |
| Gabapentin | 411 | $5,012 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 11 | $4,624 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 57 | $4,327 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 149 | $4,249 |
| Pregabalin | 175 | $3,422 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 310 | $2,706 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Xtampza Er, Nucynta, Belbuca | $538 | $76,99183 claims |
| Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl | $46 | $5913 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 1,149 anesthesiology providers in North Carolina.
Other anesthesiology in Hickory
- Michelle BrownHickory$46K
- Paul LafavoreHickory$31K
- David MacleodDurham$4.8M
- Ian WelsbyDurham$1.4M
- Mihai PodgoreanuDurham$993K
- Ashraf HabibDurham$874K
- Jeffrey GadsdenDurham$861K
- Karthik RaghunathanDurham$637K
- Warwick AmesDurham$611K
- Michael DevinneyDurham$582K
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.