Peter Hedera, MD
Neurology · Louisville, KYNPI 1518041615
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 431 payments — averaging $978.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$107K
- Ipsen Pharma SAS$91K
- MDD US Operations, LLC$60K
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$42K
- AstraZeneca$33K
- UCB SA$27K
- plus $61K from 15 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $2754.83 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$16K
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$490
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$84,06445%
- Speaking & faculty fees$80,44843%
- Travel & lodging$13,2277%
- Food & beverage$7,6834%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 73 | $107,280 |
| Ipsen Pharma SAS | 66 | $91,254 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 162 | $60,320 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 27 | $42,106 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $33,045 |
| UCB SA | 2 | $26,973 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 15 | $26,213 |
| AbbVie | 21 | $22,604 |
| Orphalan Inc | 3 | $4,235 |
| Bayer | 12 | $1,848 |
| Abbott | 8 | $1,711 |
| Vertex | 3 | $1,475 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $1,426 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $414 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 3 | $310 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $209 |
| Eli Lilly | 1 | $150 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $138 |
| Amgen | 3 | $68 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $12 |
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.
How this compares
$421,813 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 210 neurology providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate | 101 | $543,172 |
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 22 | $247,926 |
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 12 | $97,070 |
| GocovriAmantadine Hcl | 28 | $83,379 |
| Austedo XrDeutetrabenazine | 13 | $63,699 |
| RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa | 35 | $41,460 |
| InbrijaLevodopa | 12 | $40,928 |
| NourianzIstradefylline | 18 | $38,544 |
| NeuproRotigotine | 16 | $21,048 |
| Carbidopa | 15 | $17,290 |
| Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm | 11 | $11,127 |
| Carbidopa-Levodopa ErCarbidopa/Levodopa | 170 | $9,683 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 272 | $9,195 |
| Entacapone | 21 | $6,112 |
| Rasagiline Mesylate | 24 | $4,986 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo, Austedo Xr | $138 | $311,62635 claims |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza | $107,280 | $97,07012 claims |
| MDD US Operations, LLCGocovri | $60,320 | $83,37928 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary | $414 | $41,46035 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 95th percentile of 210 neurology providers in Kentucky.
Other neurology in Louisville
- Irene LitvanLouisville$2.7M
- Jenny FengLouisville$2M
- Geeta GaneshLouisville$765K
- Gregory CooperLouisville$291K
- Brian PlatoLouisville$267K
- Kristi NordLouisville$217K
- Michael SweeneyLouisville$201K
- Angela HardwickLouisville$187K
- Jeffrey FrankLouisville$181K
- Kaylyn SinicropeLouisville$153K
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.