Jose Carlo Esteban
Physician Assistant · Durham, NCNPI 1508417767
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 127 payments — averaging $16.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$574
- Pfizer$362
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$193
- Lilly USA, LLC$176
- AbbVie$145
- AstraZeneca$117
- plus $548 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,114100%
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 | 37 | $574 |
| Pfizer | 23 | $362 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 10 | $193 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 10 | $176 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $145 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $117 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $89 |
| GSK | 5 | $75 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $49 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $36 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $33 |
| Bayer | 1 | $28 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Organon | 1 | $21 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Amgen | 1 | $16 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $10 |
How this compares
$2,114 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 7,441 physician assistant providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 35 | $48,747 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 25 | $24,822 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 11 | $12,987 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 17 | $12,191 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 15 | $10,724 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 15 | $7,957 |
| EliquisApixaban | 13 | $7,920 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 15 | $1,241 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 79 | $1,239 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 24 | $789 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 66 | $739 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 94 | $677 |
| Sure Comfort Pen NeedlePen Needle, Diabetic | 11 | $647 |
| Metformin Hcl ErMetformin Hcl | 45 | $337 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | 38 | $336 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $574 | $48,74735 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $117 | $37,80936 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $75 | $12,19117 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $49 | $10,72415 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $145 | $7,95715 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $362 | $7,92013 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 80th percentile of 7,441 physician assistant providers in North Carolina.
Other physician assistant in Durham
- Joseph LicataDurham$29K
- Beth ParenteDurham$28K
- Jo HughesGreensboro$814K
- Rachel HolzhauerCharlotte$739K
- Amber BlairCharlotte$551K
- Benjamin EpsteinDavidson$447K
- Rebecca KrausDavidson$425K
- Brooke JonesGoldsboro$259K
- Philip ReasbeckWilson$180K
- Katherine SchultzHuntersville$164K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.