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Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

CHERYL HESTER

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Nurse Practitioner Family

NPI
1205424660
CMS profile
9088535
Location
HENDERSON, NC

General Payments · PY2021–2023

$3,773.46

  • Reported across 214 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2023

$1,372.45

79 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

Related groups: Family NC All categories

By nature of payment

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,372.45 79

By paying entity

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Novo Nordisk AS $310.30 21
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $156.29 11
PFIZER INC. $130.00 9
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $124.28 6
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $112.56 4
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $92.45 5
Acerta Pharma LLC $86.73 6
ABBVIE INC. $86.54 4
Lilly USA, LLC $75.20 4
Corium, Inc. $48.34 2
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $41.97 2
Lundbeck LLC $38.58 2
CeQur Corporation $35.69 1
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $17.48 1
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. $16.04 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $741.59 47
PY2022 $1,659.42 88
PY2023 $1,372.45 79

Payment records · PY2023 (79)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2023 20212022 Record-level detail is published for PY2023; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ABBVIE INC. $20.37 02/24/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1005534905 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $24.22 04/06/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1005534909 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.49 04/10/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1005534913 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $21.46 06/14/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1005534917 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.60 03/10/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1026481385 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $16.25 04/04/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1026481111 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $13.34 07/27/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1026476867 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $13.38 08/28/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1026473377 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $12.91 09/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1026475821 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.25 10/25/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1026476667 CMS
CeQur Corporation $35.69 01/09/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1028681273 CMS
Corium, LLC $28.46 08/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 978277121 CMS
Corium, LLC $19.88 10/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 978628865 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $22.25 01/23/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1016415441 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $17.20 02/28/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1016415507 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $19.68 03/13/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1016415511 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $21.32 04/25/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1016415515 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $21.09 06/27/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1016415573 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $22.74 08/15/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1016415603 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $20.19 01/18/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1050752907 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $17.28 02/09/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1050752909 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $15.56 03/09/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1050752911 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $17.64 04/19/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1050752913 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $21.78 08/31/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1050752915 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $13.17 01/19/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1004288595 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $15.95 02/06/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1004288249 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $18.76 03/28/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1004288601 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $20.69 05/02/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1004289519 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $8.66 06/23/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1004288605 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $16.33 07/18/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1004289525 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $11.35 08/18/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1004288573 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $13.74 09/14/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1004289903 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $6.13 10/06/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1004288255 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $28.14 10/20/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1004288579 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $3.37 11/01/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1004288237 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $15.10 01/12/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 987871757 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $17.80 03/06/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 987871765 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $60.79 03/15/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 987871751 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $18.87 04/24/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 987871743 CMS
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. $16.04 10/09/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1003902343 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $18.71 02/15/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1032758787 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $19.13 04/20/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1032785777 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $17.32 06/02/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1032916299 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $20.04 08/07/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1032851009 CMS
Lundbeck LLC $16.61 02/22/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1032555001 CMS
Lundbeck LLC $21.97 07/18/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1032555009 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $17.48 01/20/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1048564671 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.60 02/08/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 992113563 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $24.37 06/30/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 992113567 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $19.53 01/05/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001991537 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $14.47 01/11/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001991463 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $19.62 01/25/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001991547 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $18.05 02/17/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001991515 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $19.98 02/27/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001991557 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $16.66 03/02/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001991505 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $14.22 03/03/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001991443 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $12.99 04/18/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001991413 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $1.06 04/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001991373 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $4.84 04/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001991383 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $10.48 04/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001991393 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $20.26 04/29/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001991577 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $14.22 05/23/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001991453 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $18.95 06/13/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001991527 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $15.71 06/14/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001991495 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $12.25 06/28/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001991403 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $20.20 07/18/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001991567 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $14.87 07/25/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001991485 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $13.71 08/31/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001991433 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $14.79 10/02/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001991474 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $13.44 10/04/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001991423 CMS
PFIZER INC. $14.87 02/13/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1049527653 CMS
PFIZER INC. $7.82 03/07/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1049545651 CMS
PFIZER INC. $11.20 06/07/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1049997333 CMS
PFIZER INC. $16.43 06/08/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1049350101 CMS
PFIZER INC. $12.18 07/31/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1049588583 CMS
PFIZER INC. $16.25 08/14/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1049975503 CMS
PFIZER INC. $17.53 08/24/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1050022961 CMS
PFIZER INC. $15.38 09/07/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1050121347 CMS
PFIZER INC. $18.34 10/30/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1050026539 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2021, 2022, 2023
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2023_P01232026_01102026.csv

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