Brian Higdon
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Jacksonville, FLNPI 1013371301
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,571 of the $3,999 with a category attached, or 64.3%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 49.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,237 and has fallen 87.7% since, to $276 in 2025. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 79 payments — averaging $50.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- AbbVie$781
- Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC$456
- Dentsply IH AB$132
- Stryker$132
- Coloplast$121
- plus $393 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,42836%
- Food & beverage$2,57164%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 19 | $1,984 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 32 | $781 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 11 | $456 |
| Dentsply IH AB | 5 | $132 |
| Stryker | 1 | $132 |
| Coloplast | 2 | $121 |
| Piramal Critical Care | 1 | $118 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 4 | $94 |
| Microtransponder, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Abbott | 1 | $19 |
| ABC Home Medical Supply, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- SYNCHROMEDII$1,439
- GABLOFEN$470
- XEOMIN$293
- SPINEJACK$132
- Qutenza$109
- BOTOX$107
- SPEEDICATH$102
How this compares
$3,999 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 618 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Florida.
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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 | 11 | $5,395 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 12 | $5,222 |
| Baclofen | 203 | $4,812 |
| Gabapentin | 97 | $1,893 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 87 | $1,848 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 13 | $1,462 |
| Pregabalin | 50 | $1,148 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 43 | $952 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 23 | $417 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 22 | $384 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 13 | $350 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 14 | $321 |
| Diazepam | 41 | $239 |
| Methocarbamol | 15 | $111 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 16 | $98 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Jacksonville
- Cassandra ListJacksonville$154K
- James AtchisonJacksonville$19K
- Robert Pagan RosadoJacksonville$16K
- Bianca TribuzioJacksonville$5K
- Kenneth NgoJacksonville$4K
- Anthony GiuffridaFort Lauderdale$271K
- Ryan HafnerSarasota$164K
- Marissa McCarthyTampa$94K
- Jose Medina SanchezTampa$30K
- Alan MillerFernandina Beach$26K
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.