Nicholas Pennings, DO
Family Medicine · North Myrtle Beach, SCNPI 1982642096
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (54.6%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Novo Nordisk accounts for 85.2% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $45,378, more than ten times the $335 reported in 2019. Among family medicine clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 102 payments — averaging $541.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$47K
- Eli Lilly$8K
- Lilly USA, LLC$159
- AstraZeneca$123
- Medtronic$117
- Pfizer$56
- plus $147 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$18,39633%
- Speaking & faculty fees$30,19655%
- Travel & lodging$3,7917%
- Food & beverage$2,8985%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 60 | $47,121 |
| Eli Lilly | 21 | $7,557 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $159 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $123 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $117 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $56 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $50 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Kvk-tech, Inc. | 5 | $21 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Cashflow Solutions, LLC | 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.
- Wegovy$41,179
- BREZTRI$123
- Minimed 630G$117
How this compares
$55,280 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,153 family medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 35 | $47,015 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 14 | $14,467 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 18 | $13,865 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 12 | $4,003 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 87 | $1,064 |
| Famotidine | 31 | $698 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 46 | $596 |
| Insulin Lispro Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 13 | $555 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 27 | $437 |
| Klor-Con 10Potassium Chloride | 26 | $379 |
| Losartan Potassium | 37 | $308 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 41 | $304 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 26 | $289 |
| Topiramate | 30 | $246 |
| Primidone | 12 | $209 |
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 | $47,121 | $47,01535 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $159 | $14,46714 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 95th percentile of 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.
Other family medicine in North Myrtle Beach
- Stephen BruntonWinnsboro$1.3M
- Richard WilkesMt Pleasant$216K
- Andrew MartinColumbia$205K
- Ada StewartColumbia$186K
- Jeffrey BroderNorth Augusta$140K
- Terry NagelColumbia$112K
- Katherine JohnsonGreenwood$80K
- Scott SmithMount Pleasant$68K
- Jennifer StolinSummerville$59K
- Nathan AverillMoncks Corner$25K
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.