Shabbir Hussain Merchant, MD
Neurology · Charleston, SCNPI 1053699918
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 41 payments — averaging $122.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Abbott$694
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$637
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,81036%
- Travel & lodging$1,06521%
- Food & beverage$2,15243%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 17 | $1,957 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $1,740 |
| Abbott | 12 | $694 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $637 |
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.
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE$1,631
- GENERAL DBS$1,020
- DYSPORT$560
- ONIVYDE$435
- SOMATULINE DEPOT$435
- Infinity DBS Pulse Generators$270
- VERCISE$115
How this compares
$5,027 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 270 neurology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa | 14 | $20,091 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 504 | $18,578 |
| Entacapone | 17 | $4,463 |
| Rasagiline Mesylate | 25 | $4,313 |
| Primidone | 45 | $2,483 |
| Propranolol Hcl ErPropranolol Hcl | 37 | $1,811 |
| Zonisamide | 19 | $1,304 |
| Carbidopa-Levodopa ErCarbidopa/Levodopa | 28 | $1,182 |
| Propranolol Hcl | 33 | $910 |
| Mirtazapine | 49 | $876 |
| Gabapentin | 34 | $675 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 19 | $521 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 31 | $498 |
| Clonazepam | 12 | $161 |
| Benztropine Mesylate | 12 | $126 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurology in Charleston
- Andrew KeeganCharleston$2.2M
- Vanessa HinsonCharleston$1.5M
- Katherine RuzhanskyCharleston$1.1M
- Nicholas MilanoCharleston$1.1M
- Jonathan HalfordCharleston$906K
- Federico Rodriguez-PorcelCharleston$425K
- Christine CooperCharleston$412K
- Robert AdamsCharleston$204K
- Wuwei FengCharleston$115K
- Sarah BreevoortCharleston$90K
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.