Nicholas Trudo
Physician Assistant · Joint Base Charleston, SCNPI 1467938290
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 286 payments — averaging $23.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Insulet Corporation$614
- Amgen$567
- Lilly USA, LLC$566
- Novo Nordisk$530
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$521
- Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$466
- plus $3K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,750100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Insulet Corporation | 19 | $614 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 28 | $567 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 25 | $566 |
| Novo Nordisk | 27 | $530 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 14 | $521 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 25 | $466 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 28 | $377 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 11 | $309 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 5 | $304 |
| Cequr Corporation | 2 | $246 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 10 | $203 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 9 | $183 |
| Novartis | 10 | $163 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 7 | $160 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $159 |
| Abbott | 7 | $155 |
| RGH Enterprises LLC | 1 | $142 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 6 | $120 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 4 | $103 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $96 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 3 | $95 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 5 | $85 |
| Ascensia Diabetes Care US Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Bayer | 3 | $65 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $48 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Esteve Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
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
$6,750 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,852 physician assistant providers in South Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 110 | $152,713 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 69 | $97,026 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 54 | $71,286 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 56 | $53,047 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 19 | $22,520 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 11 | $19,889 |
| Omnipod 5 Dexg7g6 Pods (Gen 5)Insulin Pump Cart,auto,bt,g6/7 | 11 | $16,020 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 13 | $8,916 |
| NexlizetBempedoic Acid/Ezetimibe | 12 | $4,704 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 21 | $4,487 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 12 | $3,396 |
| Liothyronine Sodium | 91 | $3,383 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 37 | $3,174 |
| Nano 2nd Gen Pen NeedlePen Needle, Diabetic | 22 | $2,179 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 188 | $1,799 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $566 | $175,233129 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $96 | $97,02669 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $530 | $71,28654 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $183 | $53,04756 claims |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexlizet | $17 | $4,70412 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $48 | $3,17437 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $15 | $1,799188 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 90th percentile of 1,852 physician assistant providers in South Carolina.
Other physician assistant in Joint Base Charleston
- Benjamin AddyWest Columbia$377K
- Michael OvercashCharleston$210K
- Allison LesterMt Pleasant$163K
- Nicole KeeterFort Mill$129K
- William YoungGreenville$117K
- Stephanie DavisAnderson$78K
- Vicki RobertsWest Columbia$77K
- Eric ShoupColumbia$74K
- Lauren OlsonNorth Charleston$62K
- Martha GreenSummerville$48K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.