Cathryn McAlpine
Internal Medicine · Seneca, SCNPI 1073566824
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 127 payments — averaging $13.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$351
- AbbVie$231
- Lilly USA, LLC$191
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$93
- Novartis$88
- Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$82
- plus $690 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,725100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 28 | $351 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 23 | $231 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 13 | $191 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $93 |
| Novartis | 7 | $88 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $82 |
| Amgen | 4 | $82 |
| GSK | 6 | $73 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $67 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $60 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 4 | $56 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $52 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Abbott | 2 | $27 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $26 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $24 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Medicure Pharma Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,725 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,498 internal medicine providers in South Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 11 | $99 |
| Clonidine Hcl | 11 | $74 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other internal medicine in Seneca
- 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
- Jerry BackNorth Charleston$322K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.