Cory Higley, DO
Gastroenterology · Buffalo, NYNPI 1629500053
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 76 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $852, 8.8 times the $97 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in NY, where the typical reported total is $1,827.
Across 76 payments — averaging $28.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$340
- Boston Scientific$267
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$218
- Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$169
- Gilead$139
- ERBE USA Inc$120
- plus $947 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,199100%
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 | 17 | $340 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $267 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $218 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $169 |
| Gilead | 3 | $139 |
| ERBE USA Inc | 2 | $120 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $103 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 3 | $99 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $94 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $92 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $84 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $65 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $60 |
| Merck | 2 | $42 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $29 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $26 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $21 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- GENERAL POLYPECTOMY$148
- TRULANCE$133
- OCALIVA$112
- VOQUEZNA$107
How this compares
$2,199 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 1,682 gastroenterology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 12 | $945 |
| Omeprazole | 36 | $827 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 20 | $377 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 13 | $328 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 11 | $200 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 12 | $80 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Buffalo
- Andrew TalalBuffalo$215K
- David Carr LockeNew York$2M
- Arthur KornbluthNew York$1.9M
- Maya SrivastavaWilliamsville$1.8M
- Melissa PalmerPlainview$1M
- Sonal KumarNew York$1M
- David PoppersNew York$939K
- Ellen ScherlNew York$857K
- Bruce SandsNew York$810K
- Jean Frederick ColombelNew York$786K
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.