Lauren Vargo, PA
Dermatology · Columbia, SCNPI 1689625808
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 637 payments — averaging $27.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- UCB, Inc.$3K
- AbbVie$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Novartis$1K
- Incyte Corporation$1K
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$1K
- plus $7K from 24 others
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UCB, Inc. | 55 | $2,911 |
| AbbVie | 97 | $2,624 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 90 | $1,923 |
| Novartis | 76 | $1,176 |
| Incyte Corporation | 22 | $1,077 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 34 | $1,031 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 2 | $840 |
| Sanofi | 41 | $801 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 6 | $643 |
| Amgen | 29 | $634 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 31 | $613 |
| Pfizer | 28 | $524 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 23 | $450 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 23 | $332 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 22 | $281 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 9 | $267 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 12 | $241 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $241 |
| Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc. | 9 | $158 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $154 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $98 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Organon | 2 | $41 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Regeneron | 1 | $33 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $25 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Strata Skin Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$17,278 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 203 dermatology 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.
Other dermatology in Columbia
- Jessica BurgyColumbia$519K
- Seth HowellColumbia$53K
- Cody ConnorColumbia$28K
- Kaitlyn PowellColumbia$13K
- Todd SchlesingerCharleston$6.4M
- Matthew MillerGreenville$2.8M
- Marshall ShulerGreenville$2.6M
- Rebecca SmithFort Mill$2.3M
- Amylynne FrankelSpartanburg$1.3M
- Theresa KnoeppAnderson$977K
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.