T Rao, MD
Neurology · Charlotte, NCNPI 1023070745
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 420 payments — averaging $9582.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$2M
- UCB SA$558K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$505K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$414K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$253K
- Roche Products Limited$132K
- plus $196K from 9 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $3120.00 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.
- UCB, Inc.$3K
What the payments were for
- Education$6100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 24 | $1,966,462 |
| UCB SA | 64 | $558,313 |
| F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG | 111 | $505,121 |
| Sanofi US Services Inc. | 39 | $413,773 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 30 | $253,189 |
| Roche Products Limited | 57 | $131,530 |
| Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | 38 | $63,381 |
| Hoffmann-la Roche Limited | 29 | $63,240 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $24,321 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 8 | $16,951 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 2 | $15,965 |
| H. Lundbeck A S | 8 | $9,764 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 3 | $2,564 |
| Biogen | 1 | $86 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $6 |
How this compares
$4,024,666 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 566 neurology providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gammagard LiquidImmun Glob G(Igg)/Gly/Iga Ov50 | 77 | $2,664,783 |
| PrivigenImmun Glob G(Igg)/Pro/Iga 0-50 | 81 | $1,775,750 |
| GammakedImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 46 | 38 | $1,256,168 |
| PanzygaImmun Glob G(Igg)-Ifas/Glycine | 76 | $1,112,283 |
| OctagamImmun Globg(Igg)/Malt/Iga Ov50 | 23 | $608,117 |
| FirdapseAmifampridine Phosphate | 14 | $430,295 |
| Kesimpta PenOfatumumab | 25 | $312,530 |
| RebifInterferon Beta-1a/Albumin | 12 | $126,143 |
| Avonex (4 Pack)Interferon Beta-1a | 12 | $96,437 |
| Teriflunomide | 19 | $14,263 |
| BotoxOnabotulinumtoxina | 14 | $10,854 |
| Rivastigmine | 44 | $10,249 |
| Ajovy SyringeFremanezumab-Vfrm | 11 | $8,729 |
| Droxidopa | 21 | $4,388 |
| AmantadineAmantadine Hcl | 84 | $3,494 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BiogenAvonex (4 Pack) | $86 | $96,43712 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 95th percentile of 566 neurology providers in North Carolina.
Other neurology in Charlotte
- Mohammad BolouriCharlotte$16.6M
- Donna GravesCharlotte$1.8M
- Jill ConwayCharlotte$1.6M
- Matthew CarraroCharlotte$1.5M
- Urvi DesaiCharlotte$937K
- Ardith CourtneyCharlotte$862K
- Sanjay IyerCharlotte$685K
- Megan DonnellyCharlotte$601K
- Kenneth AshkinCharlotte$525K
- Leo McCluskeyCharlotte$286K
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.