RxDoctor Payments Data

John Karl, MD

Family Medicine · Myrtle Beach, SCNPI 1831196773

Payments from drug & device makers

$11,893in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 671 payments — averaging $17.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novo Nordisk$2K
  • Amgen$1K
  • AbbVie$1K
  • Pfizer$913
  • Astellas Pharma US Inc$912
  • GSK$690
  • plus $5K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$11,50197%
  • Education$3923%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Novo Nordisk85$1,689
Amgen58$1,167
AbbVie(2 entities)95$1,099
Pfizer62$913
Astellas Pharma US Inc28$912
GSK43$690
AstraZeneca41$625
Amarin Pharma, Inc.29$452
Lilly USA, LLC18$331
Johnson & Johnson19$261
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.13$258
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC12$208
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.13$204
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.8$202
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC13$194
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.8$170
Nevro Corp.4$157
Novartis11$154
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$154
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.9$143
Biotronik Inc.1$138
Merck10$135
Abbott7$131
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc2$127
Exact Sciences8$125
Inari Medical, Inc.1$119
Boehringer Ingelheim7$105
Bayer5$78
Boston Scientific4$73
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.5$72
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC4$55
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$52
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.4$48
Dexcom, Inc.3$48
Mylan Specialty L.p.3$44
Hologic Sales And Service, LLC2$41
Antares Pharma, Inc.2$41
Corcept Therapeutics2$40
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$39
Harmony Biosciences LLC2$39
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.1$29
Eisai Inc.2$28
Corium, LLC1$27
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.1$26
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$23
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$22
Insulet Corporation1$19
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.1$17
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.1$16
Dynavax Technologies Corporation1$16
Medtronic1$15
Bausch Health US, LLC1$15
Viatris Specialty LLC1$15
Vertiflex, Inc.1$14
Vital Connect, Inc1$14
Almatica Pharma LLC1$14
Intra-sana Laboratories1$14
Radius Health, Inc.1$13
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.1$13
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC1$11

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

$11,893 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$298,589
Medicare patients
828
Services billed
3,590

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EliquisApixaban275$362,657
OzempicSemaglutide104$189,765
MounjaroTirzepatide102$149,081
JardianceEmpagliflozin84$131,822
XareltoRivaroxaban78$101,143
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol78$100,083
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan35$55,031
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter58$54,074
MyrbetriqMirabegron39$45,659
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate31$41,892
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab29$37,603
RybelsusSemaglutide14$35,837
Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec22$28,714
TrulicityDulaglutide14$27,978
LinzessLinaclotide22$24,688

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
PfizerEliquis, Premarin$913$371,910293 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$1,689$225,603118 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity$331$177,060116 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$105$131,82284 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort$625$124,061130 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$261$101,14378 claims
NovartisEntresto$154$55,03135 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta$690$54,07458 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$912$45,65939 claims
MerckJanuvia$135$41,89231 claims
AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid$1,099$29,863116 claims
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa$202$19,01016 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 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.

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