Steven Saldutti
Medical · Etowah, NCNPI 1073564100
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 69 payments — averaging $17.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$242
- Novo Nordisk$108
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$106
- Lilly USA, LLC$103
- Amgen$94
- AstraZeneca$83
- plus $476 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,212100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 12 | $242 |
| Novo Nordisk | 7 | $108 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $106 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $103 |
| Amgen | 6 | $94 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $83 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $74 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $71 |
| GSK | 3 | $55 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $54 |
| Bayer | 2 | $39 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $19 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $16 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$1,212 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 878 medical providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 113 | $96,318 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 38 | $37,333 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 30 | $35,941 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 26 | $34,987 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 29 | $28,516 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 27 | $27,437 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 15 | $9,078 |
| Combivent RespimatIpratropium/Albuterol Sulfate | 11 | $6,385 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 24 | $4,161 |
| Wixela InhubFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 18 | $4,033 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 115 | $3,941 |
| Budesonide-Formoterol FumarateBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 12 | $3,747 |
| Gabapentin | 127 | $3,069 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 103 | $3,016 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 236 | $2,509 |
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 | $242 | $96,318113 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $83 | $44,06541 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $108 | $37,33338 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $74 | $35,94130 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $55 | $28,51629 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $103 | $27,43727 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimCombivent Respimat | $16 | $6,38511 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $71 | $1,23413 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 65th percentile of 878 medical providers in North Carolina.
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Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.