Scott Dobson
Pediatrics · Simpsonville, SCNPI 1689692444
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $1,563 of the $2,543 with a category attached, or 61.4%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 53.0% of the total. Among pediatrics 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 37 payments — averaging $68.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$1K
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$849
- Novo Nordisk$94
- Corium, LLC$58
- Novartis$33
- Pfizer$31
- plus $131 from 7 others
Across 849 payments — averaging $6301.45 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$1.9M
- Merck$1.8M
- GSK$680K
- Eli Lilly$339K
- Novavax Inc$291K
- Pfizer$138K
- plus $203K from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,56361%
- Food & beverage$98139%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 9 | $1,348 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 13 | $849 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $94 |
| Corium, LLC | 3 | $58 |
| Novartis | 2 | $33 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $31 |
| Abbott | 1 | $25 |
| Amgen | 1 | $24 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 1 | $15 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 1 | $15 |
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
$2,543 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 969 pediatrics providers in South Carolina.
Other pediatrics in Simpsonville
- Michael RuppSimpsonville$3K
- Cheryl EvansSimpsonville$3K
- William JarvisHilton Head Island$78K
- Anthony PruittBlythewood$42K
- Stephen StriplingCharleston$31K
- Erin TomlinShaw Afb$12K
- Cara O NeillColumbia$12K
- Robert CliffordCharleston$8K
- Jonathan MasonGeorgetown$7K
- John CarrollColumbia$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.