Eric Horst, MD
Endocrinology · Columbia, SCNPI 1922088483
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 884 payments — averaging $32.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$13K
- Lilly USA, LLC$2K
- Insulet Corporation$1K
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$915
- Medtronic$739
- plus $9K from 50 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,25939%
- Travel & lodging$7583%
- Food & beverage$16,48458%
- Education$420%
- Gifts$590%
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.
- SOLIQUA 100/33$9,043
- TOUJEO$5,728
- NATPARA (PARATHYROID HORMONE)$250
- FARXIGA$250
- Omnipod$197
- Minimed 670G System$136
- TEPEZZA$125
How this compares
Too few endocrinology providers in South Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 141 | $175,551 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 62 | $100,151 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 89 | $82,943 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 65 | $77,195 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 59 | $58,184 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 37 | $56,892 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 59 | $52,846 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 28 | $38,360 |
| Omnipod 5 Dexg7g6 Pods (Gen 5)Insulin Pump Cart,auto,bt,g6/7 | 23 | $37,223 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 41 | $36,220 |
| HumatropeSomatropin | 12 | $35,331 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 44 | $30,849 |
| Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 18 | $28,387 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-200Insulin Lispro | 18 | $24,648 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 287 | $22,242 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro, Humatrope, Lyumjev, Humalog | $2,091 | $251,135226 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus, Novolog | $1,026 | $220,240197 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet Xr | $172 | $68,05973 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $552 | $58,18459 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $638 | $36,22041 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33, Lantus | $13,483 | $32,49438 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid, Armour Thyroid | $415 | $26,311336 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $532 | $20,9831,399 claims |
| Antares Pharma, Inc.Xyosted | $290 | $16,24311 claims |
| IBSA Pharma Inc.Tirosint | $598 | $5,21932 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. There are too few endocrinology providers in South Carolinaon file to place this against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other endocrinology in Columbia
- Rashmi DhakalCharleston$0
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.