Stephanie Brown
Nurse Practitioner · Harlingen, TXNPI 1437501343
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $208,965 of the $235,199 with a category attached, or 88.8%. AbbVie accounts for 99.8% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $72,064 and has fallen 69.9% since, to $21,698 in 2025. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in TX 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 368 payments — averaging $639.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$235K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$187
- Merz North America, Inc.$89
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$80
- Phadia US Inc.$27
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5000%
- Speaking & faculty fees$208,96589%
- Travel & lodging$20,1349%
- Food & beverage$5,6002%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 351 | $234,815 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 11 | $187 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 4 | $89 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $27 |
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.
How this compares
$235,199 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,422 nurse practitioner providers in Texas.
Other nurse practitioner in Harlingen
- Cecilia DavisAustin$262K
- Melanie MorrisHouston$254K
- Brittney MisercolaKilleen$223K
- Roger ChapmanTyler$211K
- Corrie BerkSan Antonio$155K
- Samantha OnealDallas$133K
- Onna FeuchterSouthlake$108K
- Stephanie AgrellaRound Rock$102K
- Sue RankinAmarillo$89K
- Adrian FelderPlano$89K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.