Christopher King, MD
Neurology · Ithaca, NYNPI 1043474844
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 213 payments — averaging $22.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Pfizer$350
- MDD US Operations, LLC$276
- UCB, Inc.$272
- Biogen$169
- Eisai Inc.$153
- plus $2K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,81699%
- Education$60%
- Other$361%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 99 | $1,992 |
| Pfizer | 21 | $350 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $276 |
| UCB, Inc. | 8 | $272 |
| Biogen | 9 | $169 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $153 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 7 | $120 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 5 | $116 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 5 | $109 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $108 |
| TG Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $79 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 4 | $73 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $65 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Novartis | 3 | $52 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $44 |
| Amgen | 2 | $40 |
| Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $36 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $15 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $15 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$4,857 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 1,623 neurology providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Radicava OrsEdaravone | 13 | $181,302 |
| BetaseronInterferon Beta-1b | 14 | $130,570 |
| FingolimodFingolimod Hcl | 12 | $90,834 |
| GlatopaGlatiramer Acetate | 13 | $64,513 |
| RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa | 42 | $45,356 |
| ZonegranZonisamide | 13 | $38,977 |
| GocovriAmantadine Hcl | 13 | $22,266 |
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 14 | $20,092 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 18 | $19,262 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 421 | $19,004 |
| Ajovy AutoinjectorFremanezumab-Vfrm | 28 | $18,547 |
| UbrelvyUbrogepant | 20 | $16,209 |
| Carbidopa-Levodopa ErCarbidopa/Levodopa | 233 | $15,788 |
| NeuproRotigotine | 15 | $13,266 |
| Dalfampridine ErDalfampridine | 12 | $11,939 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary, Mycophenolate Mofetil, Pyridostigmine Bromide | $125 | $48,56177 claims |
| PfizerNurtec Odt, Lyrica | $350 | $26,42231 claims |
| MDD US Operations, LLCGocovri | $276 | $22,26613 claims |
| AbbVieUbrelvy | $1,992 | $16,20920 claims |
| UCB, Inc.Neupro | $272 | $13,26615 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 60th percentile of 1,623 neurology providers in New York.
Other neurology in Ithaca
- Christian GrommesNew York$9.9M
- Ilya KisterNew York$9.5M
- E DorseyNew York$8.5M
- Lauren SchaffNew York$8.2M
- Richard HolubAlbany$6.3M
- Martin SadowskiNew York$5.4M
- Lawrence HonigNew York$4.9M
- Laszlo MechtlerAmherst$4.3M
- Bennett MyersAmherst$3.8M
- Krupa PandeyAlbany$3.8M
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.