Lester Labus, MD
Family Medicine · Charleston, WVNPI 1235124413
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 310 payments — averaging $17.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$1K
- Novo Nordisk$883
- AbbVie$564
- GSK$399
- Novartis$387
- AstraZeneca$265
- plus $2K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,440100%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 76 | $1,331 |
| Novo Nordisk | 52 | $883 |
| AbbVie | 28 | $564 |
| GSK | 28 | $399 |
| Novartis | 24 | $387 |
| AstraZeneca | 17 | $265 |
| Abbott | 12 | $247 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 6 | $118 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $113 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $102 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $90 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $69 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Merck | 4 | $58 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 3 | $57 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $53 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 3 | $51 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 2 | $50 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $46 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Amgen | 2 | $40 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $36 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Athena Bioscience, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Biogen | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$5,440 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 843 family medicine providers in West 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 125 | $131,970 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 86 | $90,617 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 50 | $69,460 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 46 | $52,360 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 29 | $35,008 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 23 | $33,776 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 17 | $25,247 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 12 | $15,033 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 530 | $12,934 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 13 | $11,613 |
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 13 | $9,624 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 14 | $8,896 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 57 | $8,766 |
| Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart | 29 | $8,344 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 32 | $8,213 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $1,331 | $131,970125 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $883 | $90,61786 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $102 | $69,46050 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $58 | $52,36046 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $53 | $33,77623 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $265 | $33,46049 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $399 | $15,43129 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $564 | $11,61313 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 90th percentile of 843 family medicine providers in West Virginia.
Other family medicine in Charleston
- Melissa GamponiaCharleston$18K
- Donald MooreCharleston$17K
- John LewisCharleston$11K
- Mark RichardsCharleston$10K
- Wilbur SineMorgantown$179K
- Dorian WilliamsMorgantown$169K
- Julie DetempleSouth Charleston$129K
- Clemente DiazRichwood$127K
- John CornellHuntington$94K
- Mark CucuzzellaHarpers Ferry$59K
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.