Daron Smith, MD
Otolaryngology · Charlotte, NCNPI 1245262096
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 85 payments — averaging $48.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$2K
- Gilead$649
- Aerin Medical Inc.$550
- Stryker$176
- Xoran Technologies LLC$150
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$134
- plus $557 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2757%
- Food & beverage$3,85293%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 28 | $1,911 |
| Gilead | 11 | $649 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 16 | $550 |
| Stryker | 8 | $176 |
| Xoran Technologies LLC | 1 | $150 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $134 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 7 | $108 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 3 | $99 |
| Preceptis Medical, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $42 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $22 |
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.
- Inspire$1,010
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$337
- MiniCAT$150
- Barostim Neo System$130
- Epclusa$125
- Vivaer RF Stylus$115
- DUPIXENT$114
How this compares
$4,127 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 362 otolaryngology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 71 | $954 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 17 | $575 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 30 | $497 |
| Cefdinir | 21 | $493 |
| Prednisone | 50 | $390 |
| Omeprazole | 25 | $212 |
| Famotidine | 15 | $181 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 17 | $174 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 16 | $166 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $112 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 13 | $103 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 13 | $86 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 11 | $78 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Charlotte
- Brendan O ConnellCharlotte$28K
- Steven GoldCharlotte$23K
- Zachary CappelloCharlotte$23K
- Michael SicardCharlotte$17K
- Hunter HooverCharlotte$15K
- Douglas VillaretCharlotte$7K
- Joshua LevineCharlotte$6K
- Robert FerrisRaleigh$2.5M
- David JangDurham$1M
- Mark WeigelHuntersville$275K
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.