Rakesh Patel, MD
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Columbia, SCNPI 1467614792
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 134 payments — averaging $809.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$108K
- Merz North America, Inc.$150
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$147
- Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$125
- Glaukos Corporation$100
- Carl Zeiss Meditec AG$19
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9151%
- Speaking & faculty fees$89,25882%
- Travel & lodging$14,67214%
- Food & beverage$3,5723%
- Gifts$190%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 128 | $107,895 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 2 | $150 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $100 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 1 | $19 |
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
Too few ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in South Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 317 | $3,164 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 104 | $1,058 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 52 | $761 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 197 | $662 |
| Methylprednisolone | 46 | $205 |
| Tranexamic Acid | 37 | $167 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 36 | $63 |
| Azithromycin | 18 | $61 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 25 | $59 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 18 | $28 |
| Prednisone | 16 | $24 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $10 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery in Columbia
- Allison PariyadathGreenville$2K
- Garrison WierGreenville$1K
- Andrew EisemanCharleston$871
- Eric BermanCharleston$654
- Kip DolphinGreenville$52
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.