Neil Griffin, MD
Ophthalmology · Myrtle Beach, SCNPI 1285615369
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 77 payments — averaging $58.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$942
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$733
- Rxsight Inc$593
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$448
- The Cameron-ehlen Group, Inc.$338
- Harrow Eye, LLC$332
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$261%
- Food & beverage$3,91187%
- Education$54612%
- Gifts$361%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon | 27 | $942 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 8 | $733 |
| Rxsight Inc | 6 | $593 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 6 | $448 |
| The Cameron-ehlen Group, Inc. | 3 | $338 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 3 | $332 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 4 | $320 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 5 | $271 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 3 | $187 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $149 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $40 |
| Novartis | 1 | $28 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $14 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 1 | $4 |
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.
- LIGHT ADJUSTABLE LENS (LAL) AND LIGHT DELIVERY DEVICE (LDD)$449
- LUMERA$311
- Tecnis IOL$279
- Symfony IOL$200
- Healon OVD$200
- Toric IOL$200
- Microscope Equipment and Accessories$200
- AcrySof$145
- Clareon$137
- IOLMaster 500$118
- enVista MX60 IOL$110
- Tecnis Simplicity$108
How this compares
$4,519 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 293 ophthalmology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 162 | $7,896 |
| Fluorometholone | 25 | $2,103 |
| Ofloxacin | 87 | $985 |
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 49 | $354 |
| Acyclovir | 16 | $317 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Myrtle Beach
- Carl SloanMyrtle Beach$78K
- John WellsWest Columbia$7.1M
- William ClarkWest Columbia$6.2M
- Daniel AlfaroCharleston$4.6M
- Kerry SolomonMt Pleasant$4.6M
- Eric JablonCharleston$1.2M
- George WaringMt Pleasant$1M
- John KerrisonCharleston$975K
- Karolinne RochaCharleston$799K
- John PayneWest Columbia$574K
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.