Jennifer Higdon, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Charleston, SCNPI 1780105080
Payments from drug & device makers
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
- David SoperCharleston$201K
- Ashlyn SavageCharleston$96K
- Angela ChoiCharleston$43K
- Andrew FuttermanCharleston$38K
- William OttingerCharleston$35K
- Angela Dempsey FanningCharleston$20K
- Cristian ThomaeCharleston$20K
- Tara van LeuvenCharleston$17K
- Harry BoatwrightCharleston$14K
- Gweneth LazenbyCharleston$11K
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.