Christopher Gilbert, DO
Critical Care Medicine · Charleston, SCNPI 1104034453
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (38.4%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 45.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $15,680 and has fallen 74.2% since, to $4,044 in 2025. Among critical care medicine clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 80 payments — averaging $554.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$20K
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$13K
- Olympus Medical Systems Corporation$5K
- Verathon Inc.$2K
- Olympus Corporation$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$869
- plus $2K from 10 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $20,668 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.
- Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH$62K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$17,04038%
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,72538%
- Travel & lodging$5,14712%
- Food & beverage$1,5223%
- Education$3,9309%
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 | 28 | $20,150 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 14 | $12,690 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corporation | 5 | $5,011 |
| Verathon Inc. | 3 | $2,450 |
| Olympus Corporation | 5 | $1,282 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $869 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $565 |
| ERBE USA Inc | 1 | $459 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $440 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $109 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $104 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $100 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $50 |
| Pinnacle Biologics, Inc | 2 | $39 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $27 |
| Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- IMFINZI$19,864
- EVES EUS ULTRASOUND BRONCHOFIBERVIDEOSCOPE$11,590
- B Flex$1,250
- MONARCH$744
- Erbe VIO APC CRYO$459
- Monarch Platform$447
- TAGRISSO$117
- ILLUMISITE$100
How this compares
$44,365 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 93 critical care medicine providers in South Carolina.
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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.
Other critical care medicine in Charleston
- Charlton StrangeCharleston$205K
- Rahul ArgulaCharleston$186K
- James CarswellCharleston$159K
- Nicholas FoxCharleston$88K
- Gregory SquiresCharleston$14K
- John MitchellCharleston$10K
- Luca PaolettiCharleston$5K
- Jennings NestorCharleston$5K
- Tatsiana BeikoCharleston$4K
- Stephen SexauerCharleston$2K
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.