Hector Estepan
General Practice · Lenoir, NCNPI 1124142369
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 236 payments — averaging $13.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$587
- AbbVie$484
- AstraZeneca$367
- Lilly USA, LLC$331
- Pfizer$282
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$234
- plus $851 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,126100%
- Education$90%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 47 | $587 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 39 | $484 |
| AstraZeneca | 23 | $367 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 26 | $331 |
| Pfizer | 27 | $282 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 18 | $234 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 16 | $213 |
| GSK | 8 | $125 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 7 | $115 |
| Amgen | 5 | $95 |
| Abbott | 3 | $65 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $38 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 3 | $35 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $25 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Bayer | 1 | $15 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $14 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$3,135 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,924 general practice providers in North Carolina.
Other general practice in Lenoir
- Matthew MillerCharlotte$937K
- James BarberDurham$768K
- Robert LoweCharlotte$615K
- Howard JamesSanford$483K
- Clifton CameronFayetteville$404K
- Michael HarrisonRaleigh$249K
- Ronnie DavidsonMooresville$151K
- Leo HaydtHolly Springs$119K
- Andrew KellyGreensboro$115K
- Mark HymanGreensboro$95K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.