Meghan Allen, PA
Surgical · Charleston, SCNPI 1922608645
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,938 of the $4,425 with a category attached, or 66.4%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 47.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,069 and has fallen 93.1% since, to $143 in 2025. Among surgical clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 46 payments — averaging $96.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$226
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$201
- Merck$112
- Johnson & Johnson$74
- plus $128 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,93866%
- Food & beverage$1,25028%
- Education$2375%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 17 | $2,087 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 12 | $1,597 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $226 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $201 |
| Merck | 4 | $112 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $74 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $40 |
| Activ Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Braintree Laboratories, 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
$4,425 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 232 surgical 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 11 | $471 |
| Gabapentin | 38 | $202 |
| Methocarbamol | 24 | $180 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 11 | $40 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $25 |
| Furosemide | 12 | $7 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Charleston
- Kalley VeitCharleston$7K
- Christopher ButhornCharleston$6K
- Jacob BobbaCharleston$5K
- Kelly GuerreroCharleston$5K
- Jessica MiddletonCharleston$3K
- Hannah MooreCharleston$3K
- Christopher RobinsonCharleston$3K
- Brandy PriceCharleston$2K
- Kate EdenCharleston$2K
- Rose TrageserCharleston$2K
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.