RxDoctor Payments Data

Hung Nguyen, MD

Internal Medicine · Houston, TXNPI 1790784288

Payments from drug & device makers

$29,479in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,739 payments — averaging $16.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$4K
  • AstraZeneca$3K
  • Amgen$2K
  • Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$2K
  • GSK$2K
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$1K
  • plus $16K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$29,20699%
  • Education$2731%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AbbVie(2 entities)292$4,244
AstraZeneca(2 entities)116$2,829
Amgen98$1,871
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC157$1,749
GSK106$1,628
Boehringer Ingelheim80$1,488
Novo Nordisk80$1,481
Bayer73$1,051
Gilead47$1,009
Pfizer74$990
Lilly USA, LLC64$967
Mylan Specialty L.p.32$777
Radius Health, Inc.32$639
Astellas Pharma US Inc30$622
Johnson & Johnson21$497
Merck44$456
Corcept Therapeutics21$431
Novartis24$430
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.19$412
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.38$410
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC26$403
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.17$402
Dexcom, Inc.18$366
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.17$320
Amarin Pharma, Inc.17$290
Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.15$278
Exact Sciences17$277
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.13$238
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.18$222
Viatris Specialty LLC7$192
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.8$189
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc10$187
Abbott11$182
Stryker1$139
Optinose US, Inc.2$135
Lundbeck LLC5$113
Eisai Inc.6$107
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$102
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.6$94
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.4$88
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.4$87
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$82
Ardelyx, Inc.4$78
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA4$77
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$70
Shire North American Group Inc4$67
Seqirus USA Inc3$56
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.3$52
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.3$52
Vivus LLC3$52
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.4$49
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)2$48
Shield Therapeutics Inc3$43
Althera Pharmaceuticals LLC2$42
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$38
Redhill Biopharma Inc.2$33
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$25
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$25
Genentech USA, Inc.1$24
Mannkind Corporation1$21

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

$29,479 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$163,116
Medicare patients
322
Services billed
2,928

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol345$323,227
JardianceEmpagliflozin256$264,791
OzempicSemaglutide191$250,435
ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase46$176,910
KerendiaFinerenone146$158,408
ProliaDenosumab71$122,868
LinzessLinaclotide154$112,966
VemlidyTenofovir Alafenamide66$96,357
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter100$90,927
VascepaIcosapent Ethyl124$89,931
CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase39$83,699
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate61$73,632
RexultiBrexpiprazole36$65,325
OtezlaApremilast13$62,783
XifaxanRifaximin17$59,838

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere$2,829$340,559366 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Stiolto Respimat$1,488$307,468296 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$1,481$279,001203 claims
AbbVieLinzess, Creon, Vraylar, Ubrelvy, Restasis$4,244$260,551240 claims
AmgenProlia, Otezla$1,871$185,65184 claims
Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep$278$176,91046 claims
BayerKerendia$1,051$158,408146 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Shingrix$1,628$105,270166 claims
GileadVemlidy$1,009$96,35766 claims
MerckJanuvia, Janumet Xr$456$89,84878 claims
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti$238$65,32536 claims
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan$1,749$59,83817 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 95th percentile of 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.

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