Deborah Nixon, MD
Dermatology · Charlotte, NCNPI 1073575684
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,584 of the $3,517 with a category attached, or 73.5%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 31.2% of the total.
Across 131 payments — averaging $26.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$1K
- AbbVie$836
- Lilly USA, LLC$197
- Pfizer$149
- Novartis$134
- Sanofi$125
- plus $979 from 17 others
Across 154 payments — averaging $6131.45 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.
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$336K
- Eli Lilly$303K
- Pfizer$156K
- Amgen$75K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$23K
- AstraZeneca$23K
- plus $29K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$85624%
- Food & beverage$2,58473%
- Education$772%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 8 | $1,096 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 55 | $836 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $197 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $149 |
| Novartis | 7 | $134 |
| Sanofi | 7 | $125 |
| Amgen | 5 | $123 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 6 | $117 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $117 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $91 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 5 | $82 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Almirall LLC | 3 | $63 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $53 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $46 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Strata Skin Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $29 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Tremfya$117
How this compares
$3,517 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 475 dermatology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Metronidazole | 33 | $1,630 |
| Ketoconazole | 57 | $1,583 |
| Fluorouracil | 19 | $1,051 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide | 21 | $985 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 27 | $551 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 16 | $505 |
| Fluocinonide | 19 | $418 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 11 | $389 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 18 | $284 |
| Mupirocin | 43 | $225 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 14 | $170 |
| Minoxidil | 42 | $156 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 15 | $122 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Charlotte
- Patrick McElgunnCharlotte$565K
- Gary SlaughterCharlotte$55K
- Christopher SnyderCharlotte$24K
- Marc DarstCharlotte$19K
- Martie PriceCharlotte$15K
- Steven FeldmanWinston Salem$3.4M
- Nicole SeminaraHuntersville$1.4M
- Andrew LeeElkin$702K
- Christopher SayedChapel Hill$690K
- William HooverConcord$594K
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.