Chelsea Turner
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 127 payments — averaging $16.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$325
- Novo Nordisk$202
- Lilly USA, LLC$189
- Bayer$150
- AstraZeneca$130
- Novartis$120
- plus $1K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,137100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 26 | $325 |
| Novo Nordisk | 11 | $202 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 12 | $189 |
| Bayer | 8 | $150 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $130 |
| Novartis | 6 | $120 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 5 | $107 |
| Eisai Inc. | 5 | $104 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 3 | $95 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $91 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $90 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $58 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $20 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Cequr Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $15 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $14 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 1 | $12 |
| Amgen | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$2,137 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 3,248 family providers in South Carolina.
Other family in Irmo
- Hailey AtkinsonIrmo$24K
- Stefanie GunnIrmo$13K
- Alison FogartyGreenville$2M
- Sara ChristieGreenville$229K
- Kara Cooper GilmerAnderson$127K
- Jessica BellEasley$96K
- Carrie HendersonGreenville$91K
- Sarah ValerioGreer$76K
- Mary WilliamsColumbia$67K
- Michelle StrongGreenville$55K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.