Kelly Branstetter
Pediatrics · Columbia, SCNPI 1578988432
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 115 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 17 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $793 and has fallen 86.2% since, to $110 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 115 payments — averaging $24.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$560
- QOL Medical, LLC$551
- AbbVie$422
- Amgen$303
- Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.$279
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$137
- plus $555 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,806100%
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 16 | $560 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 22 | $551 |
| AbbVie | 23 | $422 |
| Amgen | 12 | $303 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 12 | $279 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $137 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $120 |
| Neuraxis, Inc. | 2 | $97 |
| Coloplast | 4 | $83 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $39 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $25 |
| Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $20 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical 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.
How this compares
$2,806 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 969 pediatrics providers in South Carolina.
Other pediatrics in Columbia
- Cara O NeillColumbia$12K
- John CarrollColumbia$7K
- Laura AlbergColumbia$6K
- Richard ShroudsColumbia$5K
- Jennifer SoroosColumbia$3K
- Emily SandersColumbia$3K
- Elizabeth HaileColumbia$3K
- Deborah GreenhouseColumbia$2K
- Theodore DuboseColumbia$2K
- Joe CastlesColumbia$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.