Robert Brown
Internal Medicine · Columbia, SCNPI 1316960040
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 86 payments — averaging $16.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$188
- Pfizer$185
- Amgen$180
- AbbVie$126
- Novo Nordisk$103
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$88
- plus $527 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,28292%
- Education$1158%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 15 | $188 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $185 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 11 | $180 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $126 |
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $103 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $88 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $83 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $74 |
| Merck | 5 | $68 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $54 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $32 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $32 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $22 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 1 | $20 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,397 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,498 internal medicine providers in South Carolina.
Other internal medicine in Columbia
- Carl MitchellColumbia$564K
- Ronald CassadaColumbia$100K
- Meer FakhryColumbia$22K
- Charles ButlerColumbia$19K
- Laura LabooneColumbia$16K
- Rica SantiagoMt Pleasant$10.7M
- Richard MillsMt Pleasant$5.5M
- Yvonne DavisMount Pleasant$2.4M
- David BolsterSummerville$2.3M
- Colby GrossmanSummerville$1.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.