Melissa Cupid
Family Medicine · Myrtle Beach, SCNPI 1982809133
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 144 payments — averaging $22.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$525
- Pfizer$386
- Novo Nordisk$314
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$244
- Lilly USA, LLC$215
- Bayer$202
- plus $1K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,211100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 13 | $525 |
| Pfizer | 29 | $386 |
| Novo Nordisk | 14 | $314 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $244 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 13 | $215 |
| Bayer | 5 | $202 |
| Lupin Inc. | 6 | $185 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $119 |
| Amgen | 5 | $108 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $93 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $91 |
| Abbott | 4 | $71 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $66 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 4 | $47 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Merck | 3 | $45 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $40 |
| GSK | 2 | $39 |
| Novartis | 2 | $33 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $30 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $29 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $27 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $23 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Biogen | 1 | $19 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $19 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| G Medical Diagnostic Services, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$3,211 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 11 | $11,317 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 35 | $1,098 |
| Gabapentin | 46 | $443 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 46 | $401 |
| Omeprazole | 30 | $341 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 35 | $337 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 33 | $307 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 17 | $266 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 31 | $254 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 18 | $245 |
| Ibuprofen | 13 | $212 |
| Clonazepam | 11 | $209 |
| Buspirone Hcl | 17 | $202 |
| Losartan Potassium | 14 | $201 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 19 | $171 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $314 | $11,31711 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 75th percentile of 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.
Other family medicine in Myrtle Beach
- Chad HubertyMyrtle Beach$575K
- Jonathan BornfreundMyrtle Beach$222K
- David WeitzmanMyrtle Beach$181K
- Patrick RyanMyrtle Beach$167K
- Edward McCarthyMyrtle Beach$86K
- Cayce TangemanGoose Creek$8.4M
- Jeremy AckermannMoncks Corner$7.6M
- Kelly MoralesNorth Charleston$6.5M
- William ByarsGreer$4.8M
- James FranklinGreenville$3.5M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.