RxDoctor Payments Data

Sherry Ingraham, MD

Dermatology · Houston, TXNPI 1700852605

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (51.7%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 39 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 42.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $12,856 and has fallen 85.1% since, to $1,912 in 2025. Among dermatology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$36,641in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 779 payments — averaging $47.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Pfizer$16K
  • AbbVie$8K
  • Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.$4K
  • Novartis$2K
  • Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$928
  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$547
  • plus $6K from 33 others
$12,944in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 8 payments — averaging $1618.00 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.

  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$8K
  • Regeneron$3K
  • Novartis$3K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$4,48512%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$18,95452%
  • Food & beverage$13,17736%
  • Education$250%

General payments by program year

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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.

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

$36,641 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,098 dermatology providers in Texas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$139,987
Medicare patients
352
Services billed
2,345

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Taltz AutoinjectorIxekizumab15$133,945
Dupixent SyringeDupilumab14$52,388
Fluorouracil55$2,864
Ketoconazole115$2,013
Tacrolimus18$1,711
Clobetasol Propionate27$993
Triamcinolone Acetonide68$930
Metronidazole16$861
Betamethasone Dipropionate15$697
Doxycycline Hyclate28$612
Fluocinonide18$580
Ciclopirox22$424
Finasteride24$400
Mupirocin47$284
ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl18$275

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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