Cara O Neill
Pediatrics · Columbia, SCNPI 1811929037
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $7,964 of the $12,363 with a category attached, or 64.4%. Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. accounts for 64.4% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among pediatrics 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 6 payments — averaging $2060.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.$8K
- Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB$4K
- Sobi, Inc$89
- Lilly USA, LLC$12
Across 8 payments — averaging $63,753 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.
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$510K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,29835%
- Food & beverage$1011%
- Education$7,96464%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 3 | $7,964 |
| Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB | 1 | $4,298 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $89 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 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.
How this compares
$12,363 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 969 pediatrics providers in South Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Atovaquone-Proguanil HclAtovaquone/Proguanil Hcl | 252 | $17,401 |
| Yf-VaxYellow Fever Vaccine Live/Pf | 23 | $9,505 |
| IpolPoliomyelitis Vaccine, Killed | 11 | $1,840 |
| Azithromycin | 254 | $813 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 34 | $723 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatrics in Columbia
- John CarrollColumbia$7K
- Laura AlbergColumbia$6K
- Richard ShroudsColumbia$5K
- Kelly BranstetterColumbia$3K
- Jennifer SoroosColumbia$3K
- Emily SandersColumbia$3K
- Elizabeth HaileColumbia$3K
- Deborah GreenhouseColumbia$2K
- Theodore DuboseColumbia$2K
- Joe CastlesColumbia$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.