Patrick Francke, MD
Radiation Oncology · Myrtle Beach, SCNPI 1609873785
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,003 of the $1,382 with a category attached, or 72.6%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by GE HealthCare at 27.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $585, 5.6 times the $104 reported in 2019.
Across 50 payments — averaging $27.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GE HealthCare$379
- AstraZeneca$217
- Bayer$158
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$136
- Boston Scientific$98
- Novartis$65
- plus $328 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$37927%
- Food & beverage$1,00373%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $379 |
| AstraZeneca | 14 | $217 |
| Bayer | 9 | $158 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 2 | $136 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $98 |
| Novartis | 1 | $65 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $60 |
| Palette Life Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 2 | $33 |
| Merck | 1 | $30 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Reflexion Medical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,382 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 72 radiation oncology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 128 | $1,506 |
| Dexamethasone | 13 | $289 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 21 | $265 |
| Fluconazole | 25 | $197 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 17 | $174 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 11 | $85 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $64 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other radiation oncology in Myrtle Beach
- David ZaengerMyrtle Beach$1K
- Samuel AndersenMyrtle Beach$1K
- Stephen AndrewsMyrtle Beach$729
- Todd WilliamsMyrtle Beach$571
- Daniel FriedSpartanburg$57K
- Clinton MedberyCharleston$37K
- Brian LallyCharleston$29K
- Kurt MeyerColumbia$12K
- Kevin BlasColumbia$11K
- David MarshallCharleston$8K
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.