Richard Unger, MD
Neurology · Melbourne, FLNPI 1730155961
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 68 payments — averaging $23.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Eisai Inc.$202
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$142
- Novartis$136
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$134
- AbbVie$93
- UCB, Inc.$86
- plus $771 from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$191%
- Food & beverage$1,44692%
- Education$996%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eisai Inc. | 9 | $202 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Novartis | 8 | $136 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $134 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $93 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $86 |
| GE HealthCare | 2 | $70 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $69 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $50 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $47 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $43 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $35 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $27 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Biogen | 1 | $19 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $18 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $17 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Corium, LLC | 2 | $14 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $14 |
| Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $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
$1,564 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 1,434 neurology providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 12 | $101,323 |
| Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm | 49 | $39,006 |
| RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa | 25 | $38,724 |
| EliquisApixaban | 33 | $22,147 |
| NeuproRotigotine | 17 | $20,643 |
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 25 | $19,983 |
| TrintellixVortioxetine Hydrobromide | 17 | $14,573 |
| Aspirin-Dipyridamole ErAspirin/Dipyridamole | 60 | $10,046 |
| Lacosamide | 46 | $8,918 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 14 | $8,799 |
| Rasagiline Mesylate | 30 | $7,974 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 196 | $7,485 |
| Carbidopa-Levodopa ErCarbidopa/Levodopa | 89 | $6,472 |
| Memantine Hcl | 175 | $6,444 |
| DilantinPhenytoin Sodium Extended | 22 | $6,443 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza | $16 | $101,32312 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary, Pyridostigmine Bromide | $12 | $40,12155 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Dilantin | $47 | $28,59055 claims |
| UCB, Inc.Neupro | $86 | $20,64317 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix | $14 | $14,57317 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $27 | $8,79914 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 40th percentile of 1,434 neurology providers in Florida.
Other neurology in Melbourne
- Mark GoldsteinAtlantis$36.1M
- Derrick RobertsonTampa$27.6M
- Beth SafirsteinHallandale Beach$25.7M
- Michael PfefferMiami$24.5M
- Mark BrodyDelray Beach$20.5M
- Paayal PatelWest Palm Beach$17.3M
- Wendy BondFort Myers$14.7M
- William HoneycuttMaitland$14.1M
- Julie SchwartzbardAventura$13.6M
- Rekha GandhiWinter Park$13.4M
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.