Ronald Johnson
Internal Medicine · Columbia, SCNPI 1467487686
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 96 payments — averaging $15.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$428
- Johnson & Johnson$215
- AstraZeneca$173
- Pfizer$162
- Lilly USA, LLC$102
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$92
- plus $340 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,50299%
- Education$111%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 29 | $428 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 16 | $215 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $173 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $162 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $102 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $92 |
| Merck | 4 | $48 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Insulet Corporation | 2 | $34 |
| Novartis | 2 | $33 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $28 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $27 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $26 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $18 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$1,512 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,498 internal medicine providers in South Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 47 | $752 |
| Unifine Safecontrol Pen NeedlePen Needle,dual Safety,diabetc | 24 | $739 |
| Dropsafe Pen NeedlePen Needle, Diabetic, Safety | 12 | $583 |
| Labetalol Hcl | 52 | $400 |
| Primidone | 43 | $337 |
| Famotidine | 33 | $267 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 43 | $181 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | 43 | $155 |
| Latanoprost | 12 | $122 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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.