Richard Hung, MD
Otolaryngology · Houston, TXNPI 1760464093
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 70 payments — averaging $20.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Optinose US, Inc.$632
- Acclarent, Inc$354
- Stryker$108
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$87
- Medtronic$48
- Sanofi$37
- plus $158 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,425100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Optinose US, Inc. | 33 | $632 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 17 | $354 |
| Stryker | 5 | $108 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 2 | $87 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $48 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $37 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Arrinex, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Novartis | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Xhance$113
How this compares
$1,425 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 729 otolaryngology providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 133 | $5,878 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 26 | $3,113 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 244 | $3,072 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 84 | $2,835 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 50 | $1,912 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 76 | $1,292 |
| Methylprednisolone | 123 | $775 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 85 | $767 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-HydrocortNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Hydrocort | 13 | $748 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 57 | $743 |
| Azithromycin | 78 | $413 |
| Mupirocin | 28 | $225 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 17 | $133 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Houston
- Mark ZafereoHouston$7.8M
- Neil GrossHouston$1.5M
- Stephen LaiHouston$968K
- Amber LuongHouston$793K
- Masayoshi TakashimaHouston$644K
- Arjuna KuperanHouston$348K
- Ron KarniHouston$336K
- William YaoHouston$280K
- Martin CitardiHouston$264K
- Michael KaplanHouston$202K
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.