David Ellison, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Charleston, SCNPI 1740235928
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.1% of the total across 1,519 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 60 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 8.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 1,519 payments — averaging $21.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bristol Myers Squibb$3K
- Merck$3K
- Novartis$2K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Pfizer$2K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$2K
- plus $19K from 54 others
Across 229 payments — averaging $3230.88 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.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$183K
- Merck$163K
- Incyte Corporation$105K
- Seagen Inc.$86K
- Regeneron$73K
- Genentech, Inc.$57K
- plus $73K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,8006%
- Food & beverage$30,40093%
- Education$4381%
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.
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.
How this compares
$32,638 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 166 hematology & oncology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| RevlimidLenalidomide | 36 | $639,115 |
| PomalystPomalidomide | 23 | $512,923 |
| NubeqaDarolutamide | 46 | $492,373 |
| TasignaNilotinib Hcl | 20 | $386,970 |
| CabometyxCabozantinib S-Malate | 15 | $380,182 |
| VerzenioAbemaciclib | 22 | $332,839 |
| ErleadaApalutamide | 14 | $264,903 |
| BrukinsaZanubrutinib | 14 | $208,354 |
| CalquenceAcalabrutinib Maleate | 13 | $186,640 |
| ZydeligIdelalisib | 12 | $155,756 |
| XtandiEnzalutamide | 11 | $112,908 |
| OrgovyxRelugolix | 31 | $79,331 |
| EliquisApixaban | 67 | $68,065 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 11 | $11,738 |
| Anastrozole | 73 | $2,206 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol Myers SquibbRevlimid | $2,882 | $639,11536 claims |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Pomalyst | $1,553 | $512,92323 claims |
| BayerNubeqa | $367 | $492,37346 claims |
| NovartisTasigna | $1,909 | $386,97020 claims |
| Exelixis Inc.Cabometyx | $105 | $380,18215 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCVerzenio | $777 | $332,83922 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonErleada, Xarelto | $1,212 | $276,64125 claims |
| AstraZenecaCalquence | $1,696 | $186,64013 claims |
| GileadZydelig | $935 | $155,75612 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncXtandi | $483 | $112,90811 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Orgovyx | $68 | $79,33131 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $1,556 | $68,06567 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 85th percentile of 166 hematology & oncology providers in South Carolina.
Other hematology & oncology in Charleston
- Ming LimCharleston$94K
- George GeilsCharleston$76K
- Alexander ColtoffCharleston$51K
- Irl GreenwellCharleston$33K
- Shelly ShandCharleston$19K
- Nicholas SchmidtCharleston$18K
- George KeoghCharleston$18K
- Brian LingerfeltCharleston$15K
- James OrcuttCharleston$12K
- Robert StuartCharleston$11K
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.