Nathan Saucier, MD
Nephrology · New Bern, NCNPI 1760511646
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (39.9%), other and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 46 manufacturers reported payments, led by Angiodynamics, Inc. at 38.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $9,444 and has fallen 84.7% since, to $1,447 in 2025. Among nephrology clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 366 payments — averaging $58.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$8K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Nxstage Medical, Inc.$1K
- Amgen$833
- plus $5K from 40 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,54812%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9044%
- Travel & lodging$1,0065%
- Food & beverage$8,52440%
- Education$1621%
- Other$8,19438%
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.
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.
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$8,194
- FlowTriever$3,007
- ClotTriever$3,007
- ELLIPSYS VASCULAR ACCESS SYSTEM$1,047
- NXSTAGE SYSTEM ONE$475
- CABLIVI$400
- LIBERTY SELECT CYCLER$250
- Fabhalta$225
- Veltassa$200
- LUPKYNIS$122
- KRYSTEXXA$120
How this compares
$21,339 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 366 nephrology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisone | 38 | $49 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nephrology in New Bern
- Stuart JenningsNew Bern$40K
- Gregory GreenwoodWinston-Salem$947K
- Michael EtomiCharlotte$212K
- William KendrickGreenville$125K
- Jason EckelCary$123K
- Raven VooraSanford$111K
- Nam VoAsheville$89K
- Jennifer StoddardPinehurst$77K
- Barry FreedmanWinston Salem$67K
- James McCabeWilmington$56K
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.