Robert Bauer
Psychiatry · Florence, SCNPI 1508240250
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 132 payments — averaging $19.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$658
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$496
- Johnson & Johnson$376
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$302
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$241
- Alkermes, Inc.$119
- plus $412 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,604100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 40 | $658 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 20 | $496 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 20 | $376 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 12 | $302 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 11 | $241 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 6 | $119 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $116 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $60 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $33 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 2 | $32 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $17 |
| Indivior Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- INVEGA SUSTENNA$120
- INVEGA TRINZA$120
- ABILIFY MAINTENA$102
How this compares
$2,604 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 624 psychiatry providers in South Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 24 | $192,491 |
| Invega SustennaPaliperidone Palmitate | 41 | $108,861 |
| Austedo XrDeutetrabenazine | 14 | $82,138 |
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 20 | $64,571 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 35 | $50,307 |
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 24 | $47,513 |
| CaplytaLumateperone Tosylate | 29 | $45,348 |
| PerserisRisperidone | 12 | $23,073 |
| SavellaMilnacipran Hcl | 23 | $13,152 |
| Aripiprazole | 180 | $6,354 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 270 | $3,447 |
| Divalproex Sodium | 93 | $3,185 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 196 | $2,926 |
| Olanzapine | 175 | $2,767 |
| Mirtazapine | 156 | $2,759 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza | $241 | $192,49124 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonInvega Sustenna | $376 | $108,86141 claims |
| AbbVieVraylar, Savella | $658 | $63,46058 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $496 | $47,51324 claims |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)Caplyta | $32 | $45,34829 claims |
| Indivior Inc.Perseris | $17 | $23,07312 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 80th percentile of 624 psychiatry providers in South Carolina.
Other psychiatry in Florence
- Veronica RidpathFlorence$364K
- Nikunjkumar ModiFlorence$133K
- George CowanFlorence$44K
- Jacobo MintzerCharleston$4.9M
- Paul RobbinsSummerville$1.2M
- Brittany AlbrightMount Pleasant$691K
- Eduardo CifuentesCharleston$675K
- Mark GeorgeCharleston$332K
- Jagdish ShahRock Hill$320K
- Ricardo FermoCharleston$262K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.