Andrew Binamira, MD
Internal Medicine · Hilton Head Island, SCNPI 1952301939
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 309 payments — averaging $17.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$948
- AbbVie$859
- Pfizer$569
- Johnson & Johnson$486
- Amgen$484
- GSK$466
- plus $2K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,520100%
- Education$170%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 50 | $948 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 62 | $859 |
| Pfizer | 31 | $569 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 19 | $486 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 25 | $484 |
| GSK | 30 | $466 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 19 | $286 |
| Novo Nordisk | 17 | $270 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 14 | $194 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $145 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $105 |
| Vital Connect, Inc | 1 | $92 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 2 | $43 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $42 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $38 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Novartis | 1 | $31 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $25 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Gilead | 1 | $22 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Bayer | 1 | $21 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $13 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 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.
- XARELTO$125
- NURTEC ODT$123
How this compares
$5,537 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,498 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 105 | $124,040 |
| EliquisApixaban | 111 | $99,073 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 46 | $48,391 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 33 | $29,929 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 26 | $26,135 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 21 | $23,529 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 11 | $16,964 |
| Xigduo XrDapaglifloz Propaned/Metformin | 16 | $12,119 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 19 | $12,069 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 789 | $11,345 |
| PremarinEstrogens, Conjugated | 28 | $10,952 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 16 | $10,926 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 13 | $9,804 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 700 | $8,954 |
| Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart | 29 | $8,156 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $270 | $141,004116 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Premarin, Paxlovid | $569 | $115,743184 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $145 | $48,39146 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $466 | $46,32256 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $948 | $29,92933 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $486 | $23,52921 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $33 | $10,92616 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $859 | $6,23883 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 90th percentile of 1,498 internal medicine providers in South Carolina.
Other internal medicine in Hilton Head Island
- William BunnHilton Head Island$125K
- Rica SantiagoMt Pleasant$10.7M
- Richard MillsMt Pleasant$5.5M
- Yvonne DavisMount Pleasant$2.4M
- David BolsterSummerville$2.3M
- Colby GrossmanSummerville$1.4M
- Amit ShahIndian Land$1.4M
- Philip NicolMurrells Inlet$782K
- Carl SofleyAnderson$673K
- Carl MitchellColumbia$564K
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.