Robert Hughes, MD
Otolaryngology · Albany, NYNPI 1407842248
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 156 payments — averaging $27.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$555
- GSK$474
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$332
- Harmony Biosciences LLC$329
- Optinose US, Inc.$292
- Acclarent, Inc$279
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,257100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 17 | $555 |
| GSK | 18 | $474 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 5 | $332 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 15 | $329 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 10 | $292 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 8 | $279 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 12 | $259 |
| Sanofi | 12 | $212 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 10 | $205 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 8 | $159 |
| Amgen | 2 | $140 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $138 |
| Novartis | 5 | $127 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| CSL Behring | 6 | $116 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $111 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 5 | $72 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 4 | $55 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $50 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 3 | $46 |
| Merck | 2 | $30 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Blueprint Medicines Corporation | 1 | $13 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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
$4,257 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 701 otolaryngology providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Budesonide | 43 | $6,567 |
| Famotidine | 377 | $6,128 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 53 | $4,882 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 46 | $4,175 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 72 | $1,740 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 39 | $1,397 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 109 | $1,299 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 63 | $1,214 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 98 | $895 |
| Omeprazole | 53 | $728 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 25 | $684 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-HcNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Hydrocort | 14 | $625 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 36 | $501 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 25 | $389 |
| Lansoprazole | 19 | $314 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Albany
- Nora PerkinsAlbany$315K
- Gavin SetzenAlbany$299K
- Robert KellmanSyracuse$2.5M
- Anthony DelsignoreNew York$966K
- Roheen RaithathaNew York$882K
- Dennis KrausNew York$524K
- Ashutosh KackerNew York$387K
- Lawrence LustigNew York$383K
- Brett MilesNew York$368K
- Alfred Marc IloretaNew York$342K
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.