Steven Masters
Family Medicine · Knoxville, TNNPI 1255375671
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 390 payments — averaging $13.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$927
- AbbVie$613
- Amgen$599
- Boehringer Ingelheim$502
- Novo Nordisk$387
- Pfizer$288
- plus $2K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,416100%
- Education$60%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 67 | $927 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 55 | $613 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 42 | $599 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 35 | $502 |
| Novo Nordisk | 27 | $387 |
| Pfizer | 24 | $288 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 11 | $191 |
| Merck | 20 | $188 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $182 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 13 | $180 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $162 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $139 |
| Novartis | 8 | $126 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $120 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 9 | $120 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 4 | $72 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $58 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $56 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Abbott | 2 | $39 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $37 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $27 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 2 | $27 |
| Bayer | 2 | $23 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $22 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Inogen, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$5,422 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,087 family medicine providers in Tennessee.
Other family medicine in Knoxville
- Rickey ManningKnoxville$8.1M
- Paul WakefieldKnoxville$4.3M
- Jerry PunchKnoxville$2.1M
- Kymberly MoyerGallatin$5.9M
- Natasha BallardChattanooga$5.7M
- Hina BudhwaniNashville$4.7M
- Emily HubbsKingsport$2.8M
- Bridgette FraneyNashville$2M
- Andrew BrockmyreBristol$1.8M
- Marcus LeeTullahoma$1.5M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.