John Balmer, DO
Family Medicine · Spartansburg, PANPI 1104912476
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 736 payments — averaging $21.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$2K
- GSK$2K
- Pfizer$1K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Lilly USA, LLC$1K
- AbbVie$985
- plus $7K from 44 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$15,42799%
- Education$971%
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.
- BREZTRI$476
- CAPLYTA$348
- AREXVY$250
- Wegovy$250
- Repatha$246
- RYBELSUS$225
- Prolastin-C Liquid$125
- NURTEC ODT$125
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$125
- Ozempic$125
- FARXIGA$125
- Kerendia$124
- ELIQUIS$122
- ANORO$109
- CAMZYOS$101
How this compares
$15,524 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,967 family medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GlassiaAlpha-1-Proteinase Inhibitor | 15 | $230,231 |
| Prolastin CAlpha-1-Proteinase Inhibitor | 12 | $223,137 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 102 | $105,427 |
| EliquisApixaban | 130 | $105,026 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 86 | $83,356 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 46 | $79,804 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 86 | $67,658 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 50 | $55,173 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 13 | $41,137 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 38 | $38,465 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 39 | $36,814 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 24 | $36,070 |
| RelistorMethylnaltrexone Bromide | 12 | $28,163 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 33 | $19,276 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 16 | $18,255 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Glassia | $345 | $230,23115 claims |
| Grifols USA, LLCProlastin C | $300 | $223,13712 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Spiriva Respimat, Stiolto Respimat | $144 | $128,914138 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Premarin | $1,496 | $108,994145 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta | $1,890 | $106,651169 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $1,968 | $83,35686 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $1,024 | $73,42966 claims |
| AbbVieVraylar, Linzess | $985 | $53,43245 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $1,406 | $47,84756 claims |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Xtampza Er | $225 | $41,13713 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $40 | $38,46538 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCRelistor | $25 | $28,16312 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 95th percentile of 4,967 family medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
Other family medicine in Spartansburg
- Kem YenalPhila$12.6M
- Marcy FleckerSmithfield$6.9M
- Tiffany PlutoScottdale$4.8M
- Bryce PalchickPittsburgh$4.7M
- Harris CohenHorsham$3.7M
- Shari RozenPittsburgh$2.9M
- Richard CookUniontown$2.1M
- Bruce GebhardtErie$2.1M
- Peter CognettiScranton$1.9M
- Bradley FoxErie$1.7M
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.