Charles Wright, MD
Urology · Hot Springs, ARNPI 1184609729
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 220 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 37 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 25.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,368 and has fallen 56.3% since, to $598 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for urology clinicians in AR, where the typical reported total is $5,249.
Across 220 payments — averaging $19.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- Coloplast$519
- Antares Pharma, Inc.$315
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$225
- AbbVie$202
- Blue Earth Diagnostics$191
- plus $2K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,259100%
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(2 entities) | 48 | $1,075 |
| Coloplast | 23 | $519 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 16 | $315 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 14 | $225 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 12 | $202 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 10 | $191 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 13 | $186 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $132 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 8 | $124 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $120 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 8 | $119 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $98 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $82 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $78 |
| Photocure Inc | 4 | $77 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 3 | $67 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $66 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $58 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 4 | $50 |
| Merck | 2 | $44 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $42 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Neotract Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Halozyme Inc | 2 | $30 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Accord Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Rochester Medical Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Bayer | 1 | $18 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 1 | $17 |
| ABC Home Medical Supply, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $7 |
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.
- INTERSTIM$430
- VORTEK$144
How this compares
$4,259 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 88 urology providers in Arkansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 107 | $1,299 |
| Finasteride | 73 | $967 |
| Estradiol | 12 | $896 |
| NitrofurantoinNitrofurantoin Macrocrystal | 15 | $617 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other urology in Hot Springs
- Seth HollenbachHot Springs$57K
- Nathan LittlejohnHot Springs$18K
- Renee WarfordHot Springs$12K
- William TelleHot Springs$1K
- Donald MooneyLittle Rock$148K
- Timothy GoodsonLittle Rock$147K
- Ronald KuhnNorth Little Rock$138K
- Caleb BozemanLittle Rock$136K
- David CoussensLittle Rock$134K
- Timothy LangfordLittle Rock$133K
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.