Aida Lugo-Somolinos, MD
Dermatology · Chapel Hill, NCNPI 1043207442
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (48.5%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $361 and has fallen 82.0% since, to $65 in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for dermatology clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $2,057.
Across 10 payments — averaging $70.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$361
- Johnson & Johnson$340
Across 397 payments — averaging $5483.53 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.
- Pfizer$867K
- Eli Lilly$591K
- Novartis$272K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$144K
- AbbVie$103K
- Incyte Corporation$65K
- plus $135K from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$22432%
- Food & beverage$13720%
- Education$34049%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 5 | $361 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $340 |
How this compares
$701 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 475 dermatology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clobetasol Propionate | 19 | $579 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 13 | $122 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Chapel Hill
- Christopher SayedChapel Hill$690K
- Sue Ellen CoxChapel Hill$180K
- Donna CultonChapel Hill$106K
- Chris AdigunChapel Hill$71K
- Priyanka VedakChapel Hill$25K
- David DevriesChapel Hill$17K
- David RubensteinChapel Hill$16K
- Steven FeldmanWinston Salem$3.4M
- Nicole SeminaraHuntersville$1.4M
- Andrew LeeElkin$702K
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.