Ned Hess
Physician Assistant · Shinnston, WVNPI 1265493100
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 131 payments — averaging $17.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$797
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$248
- Novo Nordisk$229
- Pfizer$189
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$155
- Lilly USA, LLC$127
- plus $535 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,280100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 44 | $797 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 20 | $248 |
| Novo Nordisk | 13 | $229 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $189 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $155 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $127 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $99 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $77 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $68 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $52 |
| Amgen | 3 | $44 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $44 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $28 |
| Novartis | 1 | $24 |
How this compares
$2,280 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 833 physician assistant providers in West Virginia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 92 | $1,014 |
| Methylprednisolone | 146 | $988 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 11 | $297 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 26 | $265 |
| Amoxicillin | 36 | $189 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 13 | $147 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 15 | $137 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 12 | $117 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 11 | $87 |
| Polymyxin B Sul-TrimethoprimPolymyxin B Sulf/Trimethoprim | 12 | $86 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 13 | $81 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $74 |
| PaxlovidNirmatrelvir/Ritonavir | 19 | $0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerPaxlovid | $189 | $019 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 85th percentile of 833 physician assistant providers in West Virginia.
Other physician assistant in Shinnston
- Amy ButtsWellsburg$258K
- Alexander EpperlySouth Charleston$21K
- Kelley WhoolerySouth Charleston$17K
- Jordan BrewerMorgantown$15K
- Tasha ElswickWinfield$14K
- Frances PauleyCharleston$14K
- Danielle MolinaCharleston$12K
- Erik AndersonSouth Charleston$11K
- Catherine EnsingerParkersburg$11K
- Gregory PorterSouth Charleston$11K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.