Charles Ugokwe, MD
Neurology · Alexandria, LANPI 1144210717
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (37.0%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 60 manufacturers reported payments, led by Eisai Inc. at 28.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $17,863 and has fallen 84.2% since, to $2,828 in 2025. Among neurology clinicians in LA 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 1,404 payments — averaging $49.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Eisai Inc.$20K
- AbbVie$8K
- Biogen$7K
- UCB, Inc.$7K
- Neurelis, Inc.$5K
- Sanofi$3K
- plus $20K from 54 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,13519%
- Speaking & faculty fees$23,83834%
- Travel & lodging$6,4899%
- Food & beverage$25,94437%
- Education$7371%
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.
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
$70,143 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 225 neurology providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FinteplaFenfluramine Hcl | 50 | $978,710 |
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 53 | $444,652 |
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 15 | $290,884 |
| EpidiolexCannabidiol (Cbd) | 38 | $263,533 |
| GammakedImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 46 | 29 | $258,857 |
| GammaplexImmun Glob G(Igg)/Gly/Iga 0-50 | 12 | $256,124 |
| Gammagard LiquidImmun Glob G(Igg)/Gly/Iga Ov50 | 16 | $210,942 |
| FycompaPerampanel | 179 | $210,157 |
| Austedo XrDeutetrabenazine | 23 | $161,733 |
| XcopriCenobamate | 96 | $154,617 |
| OnfiClobazam | 29 | $153,612 |
| OctagamImmun Globg(Igg)/Malt/Iga Ov50 | 12 | $121,683 |
| Avonex Pen (4 Pack)Interferon Beta-1a | 12 | $107,556 |
| AptiomEslicarbazepine Acetate | 64 | $93,467 |
| NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate | 23 | $93,463 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| UCB, Inc.Fintepla, Briviact, Vimpat, Nayzilam, Neupro | $6,567 | $1,089,458139 claims |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza, Ongentys | $2,300 | $469,42482 claims |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo, Austedo Xr | $1,378 | $452,61738 claims |
| Eisai Inc.Fycompa, Banzel | $20,222 | $230,403191 claims |
| SK Life Science, Inc.Xcopri | $1,056 | $154,61796 claims |
| Lundbeck LLCOnfi | $242 | $153,61229 claims |
| PfizerOctagam, Nurtec Odt | $229 | $151,39628 claims |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.Aptiom | $804 | $93,46764 claims |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals IncNuplazid | $185 | $93,46323 claims |
| AbbVieVraylar, Ubrelvy | $8,190 | $59,48470 claims |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc.Nourianz | $81 | $32,87517 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $177 | $27,20718 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 90th percentile of 225 neurology providers in Louisiana.
Other neurology in Alexandria
- Ariel Antezana AntezanaAlexandria$253K
- Gonzalo HidalgoAlexandria$28K
- Mohamed HajmuradAlexandria$12K
- Meghan HarrisShreveport$553K
- Kevin CallerameBaton Rouge$420K
- Gerald CaleganBaton Rouge$400K
- Maria Carmen WilsonCovington$295K
- John EnglandNew Orleans$268K
- Brian CopelandNew Orleans$211K
- Bridget BagertNew Orleans$198K
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.