Stuart Apfel
Neurology · West Hempstead, NYNPI 1538316252
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $480,019 of the $480,519 with a category attached, or 99.9%. Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. accounts for 96.3% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $149,050 and has fallen 82.4% since, to $26,250 in 2023. Among neurology clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 59 payments — averaging $8144.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$463K
- MDD US Operations, LLC$18K
Across 13 payments — averaging $801.92 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.
- MDD US Operations, LLC$10K
- Eli Lilly$338
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$480,019100%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5000%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 49 | $462,869 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 10 | $17,650 |
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
$480,519 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,623 neurology providers in New York.
Other neurology in West Hempstead
- Idan SharonBrooklyn$2.1M
- Allan PerelStaten Island$1.7M
- Nicolas SaikaliAmherst$1.5M
- David KreitzmanCommack$1.5M
- Charles ArgoffAlbany$1.2M
- Stephen KriegerNew York$1.1M
- Robert FeketeHawthorne$1M
- Jennifer McVigeAmherst$982K
- Warren SpinnerPort Jefferson Station$791K
- Richard LiptonBronx$753K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.