Kimberley Hunt
Pediatrics · Kingsport, TNNPI 1790788412
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 53.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,306 and has fallen 85.8% since, to $326 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in TN 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 111 payments — averaging $35.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- GSK$680
- Merck$215
- UCB, Inc.$183
- Tris Pharma Inc$163
- Corium, LLC$113
- plus $471 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,13054%
- Food & beverage$1,82346%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 8 | $2,130 |
| GSK | 41 | $680 |
| Merck | 13 | $215 |
| UCB, Inc. | 7 | $183 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 9 | $163 |
| Corium, LLC | 4 | $113 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $93 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $70 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $41 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $38 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $38 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $13 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$2,061
How this compares
$3,953 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,338 pediatrics providers in Tennessee.
Other pediatrics in Kingsport
- Joseph LeyKingsport$10K
- Madeline EllisGallatin$134K
- Jason JohnsonMemphis$131K
- Kelly DawsonNashville$40K
- Deanna BrownLebanon$24K
- Lauren JohnsonKnoxville$23K
- Misty EvansNashville$22K
- Amy DempseyMemphis$13K
- Patricia RobinsonMadison$12K
- Anna MoradNashville$12K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.