McLean Sheperd, MD
Dermatology · Mt Pleasant, SCNPI 1689617128
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,988 of the $10,116 with a category attached, or 69.1%. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 50.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $4,132 and has fallen 80.7% since, to $799 in 2025.
Across 333 payments — averaging $30.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$5K
- Pfizer$548
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$535
- Novartis$412
- Johnson & Johnson$376
- Almirall LLC$357
- plus $3K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,05530%
- Food & beverage$6,98869%
- Education$721%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 90 | $5,054 |
| Pfizer | 28 | $548 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 28 | $535 |
| Novartis | 20 | $412 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 19 | $376 |
| Almirall LLC | 17 | $357 |
| Sanofi | 12 | $339 |
| Amgen | 12 | $321 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 18 | $312 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 15 | $296 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 12 | $249 |
| Incyte Corporation | 8 | $175 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 10 | $167 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $160 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 5 | $123 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $85 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 6 | $61 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 3 | $61 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $58 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $53 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $35 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 2 | $26 |
| Organon | 1 | $23 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $18 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Pierre Fabre Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- AMZEEQ$122
How this compares
$10,116 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Clobetasol Propionate | 35 | $1,375 |
| Fluorouracil | 18 | $1,350 |
| Minoxidil | 56 | $465 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 36 | $451 |
| Metronidazole | 12 | $373 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 25 | $252 |
| Ketoconazole | 12 | $192 |
| Hydrocortisone | 15 | $150 |
| Mupirocin | 20 | $125 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 12 | $114 |
| Prednisone | 27 | $67 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Mt Pleasant
- Marguerite GermainMt Pleasant$200K
- Lee YarbroughMt Pleasant$12K
- Jennifer SteeleMt Pleasant$10K
- Caroline WootenMt Pleasant$9K
- Marshall ShulerGreenville$2.6M
- Rebecca SmithFort Mill$2.3M
- Todd SchlesingerCharleston$1.9M
- Amylynne FrankelSpartanburg$987K
- George KeoughPawleys Island$150K
- Christopher MartinAbbeville$129K
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.