Nicole Vazquez Plaza
Family Medicine · Florence, SCNPI 1639828502
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 47 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $565, more than ten times the $14 reported in 2022.
Across 47 payments — averaging $19.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$128
- Novo Nordisk$94
- Pfizer$60
- Corcept Therapeutics$60
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$55
- AbbVie$51
- plus $475 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$923100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $128 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $94 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $60 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 3 | $60 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 2 | $55 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $51 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $34 |
| Novartis | 2 | $33 |
| GSK | 2 | $33 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $31 |
| Abbott | 1 | $28 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $19 |
| Vertex | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $16 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$923 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 38 | $46,329 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 15 | $7,648 |
| Varenicline Tartrate | 12 | $2,919 |
| Omeprazole | 29 | $827 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 71 | $718 |
| Gabapentin | 34 | $604 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 14 | $557 |
| Famotidine | 17 | $446 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 32 | $420 |
| Aripiprazole | 13 | $376 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 40 | $349 |
| Chlorthalidone | 11 | $321 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 14 | $313 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 11 | $290 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 13 | $260 |
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 | $94 | $46,32938 claims |
| GSKBreo Ellipta | $33 | $7,64815 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 60th percentile of 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.
Other family medicine in Florence
- Cory SmithFlorence$16K
- Donald BehlingFlorence$14K
- Clarence AlexanderFlorence$14K
- Ralph CroweFlorence$13K
- Guy McClaryFlorence$13K
- Stephen BruntonWinnsboro$1.3M
- Richard WilkesMt Pleasant$216K
- Andrew MartinColumbia$205K
- Ada StewartColumbia$186K
- Jeffrey BroderNorth Augusta$140K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.