Andrea Pezzella, MD
Gynecology · West Columbia, SCNPI 1730157058
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.3%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by Axonics, Inc. at 49.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $34,096 and has fallen 77.9% since, to $7,525 in 2025. Among gynecology clinicians in SC 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 629 payments — averaging $157.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Axonics, Inc.$49K
- Medtronic$18K
- AbbVie$10K
- Femselect Inc.$7K
- Contura, Inc.$4K
- Coloplast$3K
- plus $8K from 27 others
Across 183 payments — averaging $992.03 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.
- Axonics, Inc.$130K
- Bluewind Medical$19K
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$12K
- Medtronic$9K
- Urovant Sciences Inc$6K
- Coloplast$3K
- plus $2K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$54,84555%
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,04620%
- Travel & lodging$7,2417%
- Food & beverage$16,89217%
- Education$890%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Axonics, Inc. | 134 | $48,536 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 144 | $17,526 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 73 | $10,180 |
| Femselect Inc. | 13 | $7,109 |
| Contura, Inc. | 3 | $4,350 |
| Coloplast | 86 | $3,472 |
| Escala Medical Inc. | 8 | $2,641 |
| Bluewind Medical | 10 | $1,650 |
| Boston Scientific | 15 | $761 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 35 | $602 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 17 | $405 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $226 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 3 | $212 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 11 | $182 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 11 | $180 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 11 | $143 |
| Valencia Technologies Corporation | 6 | $135 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 3 | $133 |
| Caldera Medical, Inc | 1 | $128 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 5 | $117 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 4 | $65 |
| ABC Home Medical Supply, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Millicent US Inc | 2 | $44 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 3 | $42 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $38 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $30 |
| Bayer | 2 | $26 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 1 | $14 |
| Organon | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Axonics$31,860
- INTERSTIM$13,120
- Axonics r-SNM System$12,963
- Bulkamid$9,585
- BOTOX$7,128
- EnPlace$6,989
- RENOVA$922
- AXIS$374
- ALTAVIVA$282
- INTERSTIM ICON$244
- ALTIS$239
- NURO$236
- AVVIGO Guidance System$130
- Orilissa$124
- ALLY II UPS$107
How this compares
$99,114 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 39 gynecology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GemtesaVibegron | 142 | $95,731 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 103 | $61,998 |
| Estradiol | 299 | $17,122 |
| Mirabegron ErMirabegron | 18 | $7,097 |
| OsphenaOspemifene | 18 | $4,233 |
| Fesoterodine Fumarate ErFesoterodine Fumarate | 45 | $3,005 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 77 | $2,716 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 37 | $1,535 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 21 | $1,516 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 84 | $721 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 16 | $425 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 11 | $364 |
| Gabapentin | 40 | $358 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 95 | $328 |
| Nystatin | 12 | $165 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $405 | $95,731142 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $602 | $61,998103 claims |
| Duchesnay USA IncorporatedOsphena | $143 | $4,23318 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 39 gynecology providers in South Carolina.
Other gynecology in West Columbia
- Albert OdomColumbia$26K
- Caroline FeltySimpsonville$7K
- Adrienne EllisSimpsonville$6K
- Claude TolbertBluffton$3K
- Elaine EustisMt. Pleasant$3K
- Courtney PostonCharleston$3K
- Rhonda LeachMount Pleasant$2K
- Cindy BessonAiken$2K
- Edmund RhettMt Pleasant$2K
- Jay EricksonGreenwood$2K
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.