Charles Outz, MD
General Practice · Piedmont, SCNPI 1962472084
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 52 payments — averaging $24.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$485
- Merck$215
- Radius Health, Inc.$73
- Antares Pharma, Inc.$67
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$54
- Halozyme Inc$52
- plus $308 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,255100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $485 |
| Merck | 14 | $215 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Halozyme Inc | 2 | $52 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $46 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $43 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $19 |
| GSK | 1 | $18 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 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.
- FARXIGA$364
How this compares
$1,255 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,367 general practice 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 646 | $210,125 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 72 | $70,364 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 74 | $43,075 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 27 | $40,379 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 34 | $36,507 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 85 | $30,400 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 57 | $22,870 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 38 | $22,842 |
| Levetiracetam | 390 | $22,727 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 1,243 | $21,933 |
| GlatopaGlatiramer Acetate | 13 | $21,592 |
| Gabapentin | 763 | $18,669 |
| Divalproex Sodium | 191 | $16,191 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 20 | $14,014 |
| NamzaricMemantine Hcl/Donepezil Hcl | 46 | $13,222 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $16 | $210,125646 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $21 | $70,36472 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Lokelma | $485 | $49,04288 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $18 | $41,70387 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan | $21 | $40,37927 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $43 | $30,40085 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $215 | $22,87057 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 80th percentile of 1,367 general practice providers in South Carolina.
Other general practice in Piedmont
- Joseph GrantSumter$187K
- Christopher CampbellLexington$166K
- Jeffrey HorowitzMurrells Inlet$152K
- Amanda SeayMount Pleasant$146K
- Jon JulianTravelers Rest$141K
- Scott McClaryNorth Charleston$138K
- Timothy SniderGreenwood$122K
- Anthony MennitoBamberg$120K
- Coty FishburneRock Hill$119K
- Rukudzo MazaiwanaOrangeburg$70K
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.