Robert Ornelas, MD
Psychiatry · West Columbia, SCNPI 1497860159
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.7% of the total across 647 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 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,398, 4.5 times the $754 reported in 2019. Among psychiatry clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 647 payments — averaging $18.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$2K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$2K
- AbbVie$2K
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$1K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$840
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$785
- plus $4K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$11,97399%
- Education$1521%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 82 | $1,740 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 67 | $1,551 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 132 | $1,523 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 53 | $1,237 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 45 | $840 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 44 | $785 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 23 | $660 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 28 | $556 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 29 | $497 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 20 | $364 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 17 | $363 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 22 | $360 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 15 | $224 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $220 |
| Merck | 13 | $202 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 11 | $175 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $151 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $141 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 5 | $111 |
| Eisai Inc. | 7 | $106 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 3 | $54 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 3 | $36 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 1 | $14 |
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
$12,125 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 624 psychiatry 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 |
|---|---|---|
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 110 | $189,617 |
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 22 | $170,693 |
| Austedo XrDeutetrabenazine | 18 | $170,423 |
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 78 | $116,660 |
| AplenzinBupropion Hbr | 12 | $69,701 |
| Lurasidone Hcl | 72 | $33,825 |
| Abilify MaintenaAripiprazole | 11 | $29,424 |
| BelsomraSuvorexant | 53 | $22,126 |
| TrintellixVortioxetine Hydrobromide | 36 | $20,521 |
| Aripiprazole | 433 | $20,172 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 842 | $19,112 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 845 | $15,862 |
| FetzimaLevomilnacipran Hcl | 31 | $15,149 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 525 | $13,202 |
| Buspirone Hcl | 1,117 | $12,934 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieVraylar, Fetzima | $1,523 | $204,767141 claims |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza | $1,740 | $170,69322 claims |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo Xr | $840 | $170,42318 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti, Abilify Maintena | $1,551 | $146,08489 claims |
| Bausch Health US, LLCAplenzin | $364 | $69,70112 claims |
| MerckBelsomra | $202 | $22,12653 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix | $497 | $20,52136 claims |
| Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl | $224 | $5,222723 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 95th percentile of 624 psychiatry providers in South Carolina.
Other psychiatry in West Columbia
- John SteeleWest Columbia$9K
- Brittany AlbrightMount Pleasant$691K
- Veronica RidpathFlorence$364K
- Jagdish ShahRock Hill$320K
- Ricardo FermoCharleston$262K
- John DewittAiken$221K
- Jeffrey StephensGreenville$195K
- Robert RichardsGreenville$142K
- Nikunjkumar ModiFlorence$133K
- Jacobo MintzerCharleston$132K
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.