David Peden
Pediatrics · Chapel Hill, NCNPI 1417037987
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $22,383 of the $29,006 with a category attached, or 77.2%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis at 26.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $9,283 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $27 in 2025. Among pediatrics 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 24 payments — averaging $1208.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$8K
- Regeneron$7K
- GSK$6K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$5K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$2K
- Pfizer$840
- plus $149 from 2 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $54,009 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- GSK$227K
- Amgen$92K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$5K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$22,38377%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,24018%
- Travel & lodging$9903%
- Food & beverage$3931%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 6 | $7,686 |
| Regeneron | 5 | $7,445 |
| GSK | 1 | $6,000 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 5 | $5,264 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $1,622 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $840 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $122 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $27 |
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.
How this compares
$29,006 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,818 pediatrics providers in North Carolina.
Other pediatrics in Chapel Hill
- Joseph MuenzerChapel Hill$237K
- Timothy GershonChapel Hill$59K
- Maria EscolarChapel Hill$42K
- Elizabeth JalazoChapel Hill$22K
- Lauren HerlihyChapel Hill$15K
- Steven ZeiselChapel Hill$10K
- Matthew LaughonChapel Hill$10K
- Arvil BurksChapel Hill$8K
- Lindsay TorriceChapel Hill$4K
- Dwight KoeberlDurham$8.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.