Jennifer Higdon, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Charleston, SCNPI 1780105080
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (50.4%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 68.2% of it on its own, with 24 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $4,699, more than ten times the $29 reported in 2021. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 98 payments — averaging $64.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$317
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$213
- Channel Medsystems, Inc.$170
- AbbVie$161
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$145
- plus $996 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,14018%
- Food & beverage$1,98532%
- Education$3,17050%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 13 | $4,294 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 8 | $317 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 11 | $213 |
| Channel Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $170 |
| AbbVie | 11 | $161 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 8 | $145 |
| Optumhealth Care Solutions, LLC | 2 | $112 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 3 | $103 |
| Organon | 6 | $83 |
| Bayer | 5 | $81 |
| Millicent US Inc | 4 | $73 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $69 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $47 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $45 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $45 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 2 | $44 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 2 | $43 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $35 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Meditrina | 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.
- DAVINCI XI$3,000
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,189
How this compares
$6,295 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 673 obstetrics & gynecology providers in South Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 22 | $2,313 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 15 | $522 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Charleston
- Angela ChoiCharleston$43K
- Andrew FuttermanCharleston$38K
- William OttingerCharleston$35K
- Cristian ThomaeCharleston$20K
- Tara van LeuvenCharleston$17K
- Harry BoatwrightCharleston$14K
- Casey WadsworthCharleston$5K
- Christopher JenningsAnderson$1.3M
- William ColemanGreenville$242K
- Melvin SeidMauldin$235K
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.