Lorenzo Hughes, MD
Anesthesiology · Carmel, INNPI 1033230404
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (34.4%), other and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Spinal Simplicity, LLC at 43.4% of the total. Among anesthesiology clinicians in IN 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 50 payments — averaging $127.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$3K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$874
- Nevro Corp.$434
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$262
- Painteq LLC$95
- plus $136 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6019%
- Food & beverage$2,18434%
- Education$1,77528%
- Other$1,79228%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 7 | $2,759 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $1,792 |
| Abbott | 26 | $874 |
| Nevro Corp. | 5 | $434 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $262 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $95 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $21 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $20 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 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.
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$2,616
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$1,792
- Proclaim IPG$311
- SPRINT PNS System$154
- Omnia$129
- Senza$125
How this compares
$6,351 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,203 anesthesiology providers in Indiana.
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 anesthesiology in Carmel
- Sanjay KuberCarmel$6K
- Evan ThayerCarmel$3K
- Kenneth PrimmCrawfordsville$1M
- Brian SchmutzlerIndianapolis$384K
- Pieter VreedeRushville$379K
- Louis BojrabIndianapolis$130K
- Stephen StitleIndianapolis$109K
- Jerome AdamsMuncie$85K
- Lucas MitchelIndianapolis$61K
- David AdamsIndianapolis$19K
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.