RxDoctor Payments Data

Andrew Pappa, MD

Otolaryngology · Charleston, SCNPI 1235665340

Payments from drug & device makers

$716in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 17 payments — averaging $42.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Stryker$273
  • Genentech USA, Inc.$102
  • Intersect ENT, Inc.$97
  • Aerin Medical Inc.$51
  • Smith+Nephew$49
  • Optinose US, Inc.$43
  • plus $101 from 4 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$716100%

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

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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.

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.

How this compares

$716 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 180 otolaryngology providers in South Carolina.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$238,130
Medicare patients
1,007
Services billed
4,462

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Azelastine Hcl549$13,383
Fluticasone Propionate307$4,208
Ipratropium Bromide90$1,817
Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth14$1,792
Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil27$1,321
Ofloxacin19$1,182
Omeprazole100$1,073
Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate11$777
Famotidine74$738
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav39$360
Doxycycline Hyclate26$289
Prednisone94$272
Methylprednisolone22$176
Mupirocin23$168
Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim25$152

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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