Charles Chube, MD
Family Medicine · Munster, INNPI 1689670721
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 28 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merz North America, Inc. at 41.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $317 and has fallen 57.9% since, to $133 in 2025.
Across 28 payments — averaging $26.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merz North America, Inc.$308
- Smith+Nephew$156
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$107
- Osiris Therapeutics Inc.$57
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$29
- Hartmann USA, Inc.$26
- plus $67 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$750100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merz North America, Inc. | 7 | $308 |
| Smith+Nephew | 11 | $156 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $107 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $29 |
| Hartmann USA, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $21 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $17 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- DAXXIFY$107
How this compares
$750 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 2,709 family medicine providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 62 | $461 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 24 | $300 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 12 | $216 |
| Cephalexin | 25 | $212 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 21 | $154 |
| Mupirocin | 15 | $152 |
| Azithromycin | 26 | $105 |
| Methylprednisolone | 14 | $95 |
| Prednisone | 41 | $76 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 11 | $35 |
| Carvedilol | 11 | $30 |
| PaxlovidNirmatrelvir/Ritonavir | 11 | $0 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Munster
- Ashish PatelMunster$15K
- Richard TannerIndianapolis$1.6M
- James AndryBloomington$715K
- Richard FeldmanIndianapolis$476K
- Anthony InzerelloEvansville$308K
- Joe BanksIndianapolis$294K
- Steven GatewoodElwood$281K
- Shekar PushpalaCarmel$239K
- Victoria MoyerKokomo$188K
- Thomas KintanarFort Wayne$185K
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.