Claudia Hougland
Family · Rapid City, SDNPI 1447942529
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (48.5%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 45.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $5,757 and has fallen 90.4% since, to $553 in 2025. Among family clinicians in SD with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 151 payments — averaging $57.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$4K
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$1K
- Globus Medical$341
- AbbVie$336
- Boston Scientific$144
- plus $603 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2703%
- Travel & lodging$4,10547%
- Food & beverage$4,21448%
- Education$1081%
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 | 42 | $3,920 |
| Nevro Corp. | 41 | $2,238 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 10 | $1,115 |
| Globus Medical | 17 | $341 |
| AbbVie | 19 | $336 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $144 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 4 | $118 |
| Abbott | 1 | $86 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $59 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| Vertex | 3 | $54 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $44 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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.
- Intracept$3,465
- SYNCHROMEDII$2,479
- Senza$1,073
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$120
How this compares
$8,696 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 588 family providers in South Dakota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Buprenorphine | 102 | $26,418 |
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 27 | $23,065 |
| ButransBuprenorphine | 22 | $10,990 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 243 | $4,471 |
| Pregabalin | 117 | $3,569 |
| Gabapentin | 104 | $1,399 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 167 | $1,398 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 31 | $965 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 72 | $563 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 27 | $485 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 29 | $419 |
| Baclofen | 55 | $370 |
| Asa-Butalb-Caffeine-CodeineCodeine/Butalbital/Asa/Caffein | 11 | $314 |
| Cephalexin | 46 | $221 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 12 | $153 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in Rapid City
- Melissa OwensRapid City$6K
- Kristen DirksRapid City$5K
- Janessa HuntRapid City$5K
- Rebecca ChristensenRapid City$5K
- Jamie SlettedahlRapid City$4K
- Kristy SchumacherRapid City$4K
- Vanessa PribilRapid City$3K
- Rachel WaddellRapid City$3K
- Kelsey JohnsonRapid City$3K
- Melissa TraubRapid City$3K
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.