Neela Rao, MD
Otolaryngology · Rock Hill, SCNPI 1255673885
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.5% of the total across 25 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sanofi at 41.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $220, 9.0 times the $24 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for otolaryngology clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $1,243.
Across 25 payments — averaging $23.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$245
- Aerin Medical Inc.$109
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$84
- Neurent Medical Limited$21
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$20
- GSK$20
- plus $91 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$91%
- Food & beverage$58199%
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 | 10 | $245 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 5 | $84 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 1 | $21 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| GSK | 1 | $20 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $19 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $17 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Z-medica, LLC | 1 | $9 |
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.
- VIVAER STYLUS$109
- RHINAER STYLUS$109
How this compares
$589 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 180 otolaryngology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluticasone Propionate | 74 | $1,062 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 33 | $901 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 30 | $899 |
| Ofloxacin | 19 | $464 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 16 | $110 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $69 |
| Prednisone | 17 | $53 |
| Cefadroxil | 11 | $52 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $38 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Rock Hill
- Young Jae ByunRock Hill$5K
- Mark AbramsRock Hill$3K
- Shaun NguyenCharleston$973K
- Rodney SchlosserCharleston$382K
- Zachary SolerCharleston$67K
- Peter HorwichNorth Charleston$33K
- Eugene BrownCharleston$28K
- Jason NewmanCharleston$26K
- Joshua HornigCharleston$25K
- Ashli OrourkeCharleston$21K
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.