Thomas Ledbetter
Internal Medicine · Waxahachie, TXNPI 1760426092
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 8 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 47.6% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for internal medicine clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $270.
Across 8 payments — averaging $16.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$64
- Intuitive Surgical$26
- Corcept Therapeutics$25
- Johnson & Johnson$19
Across 175 payments — averaging $5149.00 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.
- AbbVie$613K
- GSK$97K
- Eli Lilly$84K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$33K
- Gilead$27K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$19K
- plus $28K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$135100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 5 | $64 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $26 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $19 |
How this compares
$135 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 15 | $14,403 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 11 | $7 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Marc TribbleDallas$693K
- Gary SinclairDallas$599K
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- Han SchmidlyDallas$465K
- Hussein TawbiHouston$365K
- Hans LeeHouston$327K
- Tapan KadiaHouston$311K
- Nitin JainHouston$281K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.