Robert Pugh, MD
Internal Medicine · Murrells Inlet, SCNPI 1407814791
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 53 payments — averaging $24.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$408
- Novo Nordisk$123
- Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$92
- AstraZeneca$53
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$50
- Antares Pharma, Inc.$49
- plus $512 from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,288100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $408 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $123 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $92 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $53 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $41 |
| GSK | 2 | $37 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $35 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $33 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $31 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $17 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Indivior Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $12 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Ozempic$123
How this compares
$1,288 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,498 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 66 | $82,578 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 60 | $66,463 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 32 | $65,101 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 40 | $53,290 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 19 | $30,307 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 22 | $25,358 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 17 | $23,348 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 23 | $23,027 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 12 | $19,629 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 15 | $16,977 |
| Combivent RespimatIpratropium/Albuterol Sulfate | 21 | $13,940 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 306 | $9,731 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 238 | $9,327 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 235 | $5,796 |
| Testosterone Cypionate | 135 | $4,080 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $16 | $82,57866 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $41 | $66,46360 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $123 | $53,29040 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Combivent Respimat | $12 | $37,28838 claims |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Xtampza Er | $35 | $30,30719 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $53 | $25,35822 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $37 | $23,02723 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $31 | $19,62912 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $35 | $2,41252 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 70th percentile of 1,498 internal medicine providers in South Carolina.
Other internal medicine in Murrells Inlet
- Philip NicolMurrells Inlet$782K
- Rica SantiagoMt Pleasant$10.7M
- Richard MillsMt Pleasant$5.5M
- Yvonne DavisMount Pleasant$2.4M
- David BolsterSummerville$2.3M
- Colby GrossmanSummerville$1.4M
- Amit ShahIndian Land$1.4M
- Carl SofleyAnderson$673K
- Carl MitchellColumbia$564K
- Jerry BackNorth Charleston$322K
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.