Joseph Hudgens, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Norfolk, VANPI 1285762666
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $12,000 of the $18,490 with a category attached, or 64.9%. Applied Medical Resources Corporation accounts for 77.3% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $10,724 and has fallen 96.9% since, to $332 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in VA 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 53 payments — averaging $348.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Applied Medical Resources Corporation$14K
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Coopersurgical, Inc.$557
- Allotrope Medical, Inc$309
- Northgate Technologies, Inc.$252
- KARL Storz Endoscopy-america$220
- plus $881 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3502%
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,00065%
- Travel & lodging$2,84815%
- Food & beverage$2,29112%
- Education$1,0005%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 15 | $14,296 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 12 | $1,975 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 5 | $557 |
| Allotrope Medical, Inc | 3 | $309 |
| Northgate Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $252 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 4 | $220 |
| Monaghan Medical Corporation | 1 | $182 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 3 | $177 |
| Gynesonics, Inc. | 2 | $138 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $115 |
| Meditrina | 1 | $87 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $76 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $17 |
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.
- ALEXIS CONTAINED EXTRACTION SYSTEM$13,376
- GELPOINT$13,172
- GELPORT$13,172
- VOYANT$7,172
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,689
- GELPOINT PATH$690
- StimSite$383
- Uterine Manipulators & Injectors$350
- AeroEclipse$182
- SONATA SONOGRAPHY-GUIDED TRANSCERVICAL FIBROID ABLATION SYSTEM$121
- NTI Branded Other (NTI)$118
- Orilissa$115
- ACESSA PROVU SYSTEM$111
- MYOSURE TISSUE REMOVAL DEVICE$111
- NovaSure$111
How this compares
$18,490 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 992 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Virginia.
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 obstetrics & gynecology in Norfolk
- Thomas KimbleNorfolk$286K
- Krystle LappinenNorfolk$20K
- Peter TakacsNorfolk$8K
- Jack AyoubLeesburg$279K
- Kurian ThottStafford$216K
- Nina SmithHarrisonburg$199K
- Joseph TroiseSalem$144K
- Bunan AlnaifChesapeake$139K
- James JonesRichmond$134K
- Melissa DelgadoVienna$95K
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.