Brittany Nielsen, PA
Surgical · Spartanburg, SCNPI 1801525043
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 51 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $814 and has fallen 63.5% since, to $297 in 2025.
Across 51 payments — averaging $47.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$429
- Stryker$426
- Atricure, Inc.$251
- AstraZeneca$188
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$138
- EMD Serono, Inc.$130
- plus $879 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,441100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 12 | $429 |
| Stryker | 17 | $426 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $251 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $188 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $124 |
| Gilead | 1 | $113 |
| Amgen | 1 | $113 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $85 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $72 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| BD | 1 | $29 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $13 |
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
$2,441 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 232 surgical 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naloxone Hcl | 35 | $2,069 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 161 | $979 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 54 | $564 |
| Celecoxib | 14 | $475 |
| Pregabalin | 16 | $435 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 58 | $208 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 29 | $192 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 51 | $102 |
| Meloxicam | 48 | $88 |
| Diazepam | 13 | $6 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Spartanburg
- Jeffrey BrownSpartanburg$7K
- Chandler JonesSpartanburg$2K
- Phillip ReustleSpartanburg$2K
- Blaine BuchananSpartanburg$2K
- Katelynn KingSpartanburg$2K
- Landrie MorrisSpartanburg$2K
- Landon HewellSpartanburg$2K
- Joshua BeardsleyRock Hill$192K
- Carey LennonNorth Charleston$22K
- Bryce StallingsColumbia$16K
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.