Charissa Higdon, PA
Physician Assistant · Jacksonville, FLNPI 1588827463
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 64 payments — averaging $48.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$1K
- Novo Nordisk$315
- Dexcom, Inc.$271
- Bayer$256
- Amgen$150
- Insulet Corporation$150
- plus $846 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,078100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 35 | $1,089 |
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $315 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 4 | $271 |
| Bayer | 3 | $256 |
| Amgen | 1 | $150 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $150 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $148 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 2 | $144 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $141 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $125 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $88 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, 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.
- iLet Bionic Pancreas$385
- FREESTYLE LIBRE 3$264
- Kerendia$243
- RYBELSUS$233
- TEPEZZA$150
- Omnipod$150
- iLet Insulin Infusion Kit Inset$128
- iLet Insulin Infusion Kit Contact Detach$128
- Korlym$125
- GVOKE PFS$125
- DEXCOM G7 GSS (161)$125
- JARDIANCE$123
- TWIIST$121
- DEXCOM G6 TRANSMITTER$111
- FreeStyle Libre 2$109
- FreeStyle Libre$100
How this compares
$3,078 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 8,062 physician assistant providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 12 | $6,722 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 14 | $1,306 |
| Repaglinide | 11 | $99 |
| Metformin Hcl | 18 | $75 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Jacksonville
- Elizabeth KeaneJacksonville$84K
- Layla McDanielJacksonville$74K
- Bonnie ApplerJacksonville$50K
- Todd WurtzJacksonville$31K
- Richard MarshallPort Orange$988K
- Audrey BeckerSt Augustine$689K
- Kevin WilliamsTampa$647K
- Brian BonomoLecanto$559K
- Melissa SingletonOcala$482K
- Reeli ReinuMaitland$427K
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.