Charles Castles
Pediatrics · Columbia, SCNPI 1760587695
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 124 payments — averaging $16.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$725
- Tris Pharma Inc$195
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$130
- Pfizer$125
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$95
- Aytu Biopharma, Inc.$85
- plus $668 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,022100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 43 | $725 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 12 | $195 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 9 | $130 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $125 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $95 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 6 | $85 |
| GSK | 5 | $77 |
| Corium, LLC | 4 | $69 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 3 | $58 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Mckesson Medical-surgical, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 2 | $32 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 2 | $29 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 2 | $27 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $26 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 2 | $26 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $19 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 1 | $12 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,022 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 969 pediatrics providers in South Carolina.
Other pediatrics in Columbia
- Cara O NeillColumbia$522K
- 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
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.