Amanda Elder, PA
Physician Assistant · Spartanburg, SCNPI 1730415100
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 161 payments — averaging $17.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$475
- Amgen$256
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$213
- AstraZeneca$198
- AbbVie$186
- Pfizer$169
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,71197%
- Education$703%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 26 | $475 |
| Amgen | 18 | $256 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 8 | $213 |
| AstraZeneca | 13 | $198 |
| AbbVie | 11 | $186 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $169 |
| Novo Nordisk | 11 | $157 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $110 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $108 |
| GSK | 7 | $100 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $98 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 3 | $93 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $71 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $62 |
| Abbott | 3 | $62 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $53 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $50 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $36 |
| Merck | 2 | $35 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $25 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $15 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,781 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,852 physician assistant providers in South 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 42 | $41,088 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 54 | $38,859 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 23 | $26,717 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 26 | $18,934 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 18 | $16,779 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 12 | $14,427 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 16 | $11,950 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 11 | $3,436 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 13 | $2,906 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 88 | $2,836 |
| Potassium Chloride | 81 | $1,862 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 11 | $1,038 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 71 | $1,028 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 67 | $1,021 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 84 | $924 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $198 | $41,76667 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $169 | $41,08842 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $98 | $26,71723 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Creon | $186 | $20,21529 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $35 | $18,93426 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 80th percentile of 1,852 physician assistant providers in South Carolina.
Other physician assistant in Spartanburg
- Tanya NagySpartanburg$23K
- Ainsley WingardSpartanburg$16K
- Jian WuSpartanburg$10K
- Benjamin AddyWest Columbia$377K
- Michael OvercashCharleston$210K
- Allison LesterMt Pleasant$163K
- Nicole KeeterFort Mill$129K
- William YoungGreenville$117K
- Stephanie DavisAnderson$78K
- Vicki RobertsWest Columbia$77K
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.