Helen Hougen, MD
Urology · Iowa City, IANPI 1629439542
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 24 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Urogen Pharma, Inc. at 46.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $520 and has fallen 66.3% since, to $175 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for urology clinicians in IA, where the typical reported total is $1,504.
Across 24 payments — averaging $61.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Urogen Pharma, Inc.$691
- Medtronic$152
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$141
- Boston Scientific$139
- Baudax Bio Inc.$115
- Merck$93
- plus $144 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,475100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 10 | $691 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $152 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $141 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $139 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Merck | 1 | $93 |
| Bayer | 1 | $75 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $31 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $19 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- JELMYTO$324
- Signia$152
- ANJESO$115
- GENERAL ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION$112
How this compares
$1,475 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 114 urology providers in Iowa.
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.
Other urology in Iowa City
- Vignesh PackiamIowa City$112K
- Annah VollstedtIowa City$66K
- Bradley EricksonIowa City$65K
- Michael OdonnellIowa City$62K
- Alexandria HertzIowa City$53K
- John BuieIowa City$52K
- Charles SchlaepferIowa City$51K
- Christopher CooperIowa City$10K
- Amanda MyersIowa City$7K
- Luke BrunkhorstIowa City$6K
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.