RxDoctor Payments Data

Charlece Hughes, DO

Neurology · Fort Worth, TXNPI 1326039215

Payments from drug & device makers

$12,682in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 673 payments — averaging $18.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$2K
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$733
  • UCB, Inc.$726
  • Novartis$637
  • Amgen$541
  • Biogen$514
  • plus $8K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$1181%
  • Food & beverage$12,53799%
  • Education$270%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AbbVie(2 entities)129$1,647
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.47$733
UCB, Inc.33$726
Novartis30$637
Amgen(2 entities)26$541
Biogen26$514
Genentech USA, Inc.16$468
SK Life Science, Inc.18$424
Pfizer48$409
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.15$391
AstraZeneca(2 entities)8$341
Lilly USA, LLC18$332
Grifols USA, LLC18$304
Medtronic(2 entities)7$293
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC13$255
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC9$240
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc10$230
Lundbeck LLC12$227
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.9$223
Sanofi11$222
EMD Serono, Inc.15$212
Merz North America, Inc.11$186
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.11$183
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)8$161
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc6$155
Harmony Biosciences LLC7$153
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.7$150
Eisai Inc.6$140
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.6$134
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc2$127
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$107
Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.5$105
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.4$100
Akcea Therapeutics, Inc.3$99
Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.1$96
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.5$90
CSL Behring3$85
Livanova USA, Inc.4$76
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$71
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.3$65
Neurelis, Inc.3$62
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$55
Octapharma USA, Inc.1$54
GE HealthCare3$48
Almatica Pharma LLC2$47
Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC2$45
Argenx US, Inc.2$45
Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC2$40
Nevro Corp.2$40
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC2$37
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc2$36
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$35
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$34
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.2$29
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC2$29
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.1$29
Globus Medical1$27
Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.2$27
MDD US Operations, LLC1$25
Abbott1$25

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.

How this compares

$12,682 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 1,246 neurology providers in Texas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$163,557
Medicare patients
582
Services billed
1,162

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
XywavSodium,calcium,mag,pot Oxybate22$404,544
Gammagard LiquidImmun Glob G(Igg)/Gly/Iga Ov5025$378,997
Gamunex-CImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 4619$199,632
IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate15$139,847
ZeposiaOzanimod Hydrochloride12$110,107
RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa47$86,751
NourianzIstradefylline29$84,215
Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm42$32,903
Teriflunomide18$31,370
Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe17$25,403
XcopriCenobamate15$24,179
Glatiramer Acetate13$18,022
TrintellixVortioxetine Hydrobromide25$14,765
Ajovy SyringeFremanezumab-Vfrm11$12,566
Gabapentin562$9,842

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Grifols USA, LLCGamunex-C$304$199,63219 claims
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza$134$139,84715 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary, Pyridostigmine Bromide$255$88,92878 claims
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.Nourianz$223$84,21529 claims
SK Life Science, Inc.Xcopri$424$24,17915 claims
Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl$47$2,260237 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 1,246 neurology providers in Texas.

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