Hunter Hoover, MD
Otolaryngology · Charlotte, NCNPI 1356319933
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $10,200 of the $14,902 with a category attached, or 68.4%. Alk-abello, Inc accounts for 71.4% of it on its own, with 22 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,705 and has fallen 60.3% since, to $2,265 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in NC 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 109 payments — averaging $136.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alk-abello, Inc$11K
- Medtronic$2K
- Optinose US, Inc.$768
- Sanofi$620
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$352
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$187
- plus $693 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,20068%
- Travel & lodging$1,0647%
- Food & beverage$3,62424%
- Other$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alk-abello, Inc | 20 | $10,641 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 19 | $1,641 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 18 | $768 |
| Sanofi | 18 | $620 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 9 | $352 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 2 | $187 |
| GSK | 4 | $127 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $125 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 1 | $78 |
| Stryker | 2 | $74 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $41 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $28 |
| Jubilant Hollisterstier LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $23 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $21 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $14 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$14,902 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 362 otolaryngology providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Azelastine Hcl | 113 | $3,082 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 122 | $1,944 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 54 | $1,668 |
| Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate | 16 | $922 |
| Mupirocin | 113 | $879 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 45 | $425 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 25 | $330 |
| Omeprazole | 25 | $281 |
| Prednisone | 36 | $97 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 12 | $90 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 20 | $86 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 11 | $71 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Charlotte
- Brendan O ConnellCharlotte$28K
- Zachary CappelloCharlotte$23K
- Michael SicardCharlotte$17K
- Douglas VillaretCharlotte$7K
- Joshua LevineCharlotte$6K
- Daron SmithCharlotte$4K
- Tyler JanzCharlotte$4K
- David JangDurham$324K
- Robert FerrisRaleigh$258K
- Adam ZanationHickory$227K
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.