Megan Hughes
Gynecology · Morehead City, NCNPI 1548923956
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 94 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $586, 2.6 times the $224 reported in 2022.
Across 94 payments — averaging $17.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$274
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$197
- AbbVie$186
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$159
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$144
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$132
- plus $528 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,619100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 17 | $274 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 12 | $197 |
| AbbVie | 10 | $186 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 8 | $159 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 8 | $144 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 8 | $132 |
| Novo Nordisk | 7 | $128 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Organon | 3 | $51 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $46 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 3 | $45 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $32 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $32 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Bayer | 1 | $21 |
| Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 1 | $17 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,619 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 90 gynecology providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ibandronate Sodium | 11 | $480 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 14 | $134 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 11 | $69 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 11 | $59 |
| Lisinopril | 14 | $34 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gynecology in Morehead City
- Jennifer OrrMorehead City$19K
- Maribeth LoynesMorehead City$2K
- Alyse Kelly JonesCharlotte$377K
- Andrea LukesDurham$290K
- Pouruchis BhiwandiwallaRaleigh$158K
- Jerome GardnerRaleigh$99K
- Gwendolyn KnucklesGreenville$9K
- Nathan WilliamsAsheville$8K
- Arthur DizonConcord$6K
- Lisa RobertsRaleigh$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.