Hiren Patel, MD
Family Medicine · Asheville, NCNPI 1770741373
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 4 payments — averaging $115.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries$391
- Abbott$25
- Lilly USA, LLC$24
- Conmed Corporation$21
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$39185%
- Food & beverage$7115%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 1 | $391 |
| Abbott | 1 | $25 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $21 |
How this compares
$462 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 3,444 family medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 518 | $178,181 |
| NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate | 39 | $99,600 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 139 | $45,200 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 130 | $37,565 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 47 | $33,462 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 42 | $22,973 |
| Lagevrio (Eua)Molnupiravir | 25 | $20,579 |
| NuedextaDextromethorphan Hbr/Quinidine | 25 | $19,799 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 62 | $18,423 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 58 | $15,446 |
| ArexvyRsvpref3 Antigen/As01e/Pf | 49 | $14,718 |
| Spiriva HandihalerTiotropium Bromide | 25 | $14,170 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 19 | $14,119 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 23 | $13,510 |
| TrintellixVortioxetine Hydrobromide | 47 | $11,483 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Asheville
- Kimberly BaptisteAsheville$151K
- Jason CookAsheville$120K
- Barton WilliamsWilmington$17.3M
- Alexander MurrayGreensboro$13M
- Arin PiramzadianJacksonville$13M
- Jonathan WilsonHickory$12.7M
- George RaadCharlotte$7.7M
- Cecil FarringtonSalisbury$6.4M
- Christian MartinShelby$5.4M
- John EarlHickory$4.7M
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.