Steven Gold, MD
Otolaryngology · Charlotte, NCNPI 1821066481
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,295 of the $1,445 with a category attached, or 89.7%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 27.9% of the total.
Across 37 payments — averaging $39.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$402
- Sanofi$266
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$165
- Cochlear Americas$160
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$123
- Optinose US, Inc.$84
- plus $244 from 10 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $3140.92 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Otonomy, Inc.$22K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1359%
- Food & beverage$1,29590%
- Other$141%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $402 |
| Sanofi | 7 | $266 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $165 |
| Cochlear Americas | 3 | $160 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 5 | $84 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 3 | $46 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $41 |
| Med-el Corporation | 2 | $30 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| GSK | 1 | $22 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $21 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $14 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- DUPIXENT$239
- Acclarent Aera$165
- Inspira Air$165
- RELIEVA SPINPLUS NAV$165
- TruDi Probe$165
- MIDAS REX$137
- FUSION$110
How this compares
$1,445 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 362 otolaryngology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 18 | $975 |
| Ofloxacin | 41 | $950 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 15 | $526 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $125 |
| Prednisone | 31 | $122 |
| Cephalexin | 13 | $92 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Charlotte
- Brendan O ConnellCharlotte$28K
- Zachary CappelloCharlotte$23K
- Michael SicardCharlotte$17K
- Hunter HooverCharlotte$15K
- Douglas VillaretCharlotte$7K
- Joshua LevineCharlotte$6K
- Daron SmithCharlotte$4K
- Tyler JanzCharlotte$4K
- David JangDurham$324K
- Robert FerrisRaleigh$258K
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.