Kristen Higgins, MD
Dermatology · Gastonia, NCNPI 1578777017
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 611 payments — averaging $72.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Reflexion Medical, Inc.$34K
- AbbVie$2K
- Pfizer$1K
- UCB, Inc.$787
- Johnson & Johnson$767
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$639
- plus $5K from 33 others
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Reflexion Medical, Inc. | 2 | $33,858 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 118 | $2,169 |
| Pfizer | 76 | $1,108 |
| UCB, Inc. | 30 | $787 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 34 | $767 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 36 | $639 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 53 | $632 |
| Sanofi | 30 | $627 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 50 | $479 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 23 | $475 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 15 | $458 |
| Amgen | 23 | $393 |
| Incyte Corporation | 18 | $335 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 30 | $305 |
| Novartis | 19 | $266 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $206 |
| Almirall LLC | 7 | $125 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 2 | $48 |
| Strata Skin Sciences, Inc. | 5 | $48 |
| Sandoz | 2 | $45 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 2 | $38 |
| DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $36 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 1 | $35 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $22 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Organon | 1 | $20 |
| Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC | 1 | $16 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$44,291 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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.
Other dermatology in Gastonia
- Jaime VanournyGastonia$33K
- Rosalyn GeorgeWilmington$6.5M
- Steven FeldmanWinston Salem$4.3M
- Adnan NasirRaleigh$4.1M
- Christopher SayedChapel Hill$3.3M
- Zoe DraelosHigh Point$3M
- Aida Lugo-SomolinosChapel Hill$2.2M
- Nicole SeminaraHuntersville$2.1M
- Sue Ellen CoxChapel Hill$1.8M
- Patrick McElgunnCharlotte$1.6M
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.