Steven Queen, MD
Internal Medicine · Sylva, NCNPI 1760440812
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 602 payments — averaging $18.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Amgen$882
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$785
- GSK$616
- plus $5K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$11,129100%
- Education$360%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 85 | $1,650 |
| Novo Nordisk | 70 | $1,283 |
| AstraZeneca | 46 | $1,039 |
| Amgen | 50 | $882 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 47 | $785 |
| GSK | 35 | $616 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 35 | $571 |
| Pfizer | 34 | $554 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 19 | $510 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 30 | $475 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 31 | $458 |
| Merck | 23 | $319 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 16 | $318 |
| Novartis | 9 | $176 |
| Bayer | 10 | $167 |
| Abbott | 6 | $134 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $122 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 5 | $111 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $99 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $93 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $87 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $86 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 4 | $86 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $75 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $65 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $61 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 4 | $57 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $39 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $18 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- VRAYLAR$247
- XARELTO$235
- BREZTRI$125
- AIRSUPRA$111
- SOLIQUA 100/33$107
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$104
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$104
- XIFAXAN$101
How this compares
$11,165 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 3,302 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 159 | $135,784 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 95 | $125,827 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 87 | $83,044 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 78 | $81,393 |
| OtezlaApremilast | 15 | $72,734 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 40 | $56,051 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 51 | $53,176 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 54 | $43,531 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 45 | $34,555 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 23 | $32,765 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 32 | $31,322 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 34 | $30,537 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 21 | $29,988 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 31 | $27,583 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 11 | $20,316 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis, Premarin, Dilantin | $554 | $143,405182 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy Xr | $475 | $132,724107 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $616 | $96,04794 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $510 | $83,04487 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $571 | $76,36751 claims |
| AmgenOtezla | $882 | $72,73415 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $1,039 | $67,33488 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $1,283 | $60,52455 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $176 | $53,17651 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $87 | $34,55545 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $167 | $32,76523 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $1,650 | $27,140107 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 3,302 internal medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other internal medicine in Sylva
- Manesh PatelDurham$27.2M
- Saad UsmaniCharlotte$16.2M
- Christina KennellyCharlotte$15.4M
- John RubinoRaleigh$13M
- Adam DevoreDurham$11.8M
- Krishnakumar UdayakumarDurham$11M
- Sylvia ShoffnerCary$7.1M
- Wayne HarperRaleigh$6.7M
- Joseph MoranStatesville$6.7M
- April SalamaDurham$6.5M
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.