Stephen Bielsky
Urology · Charleston, SCNPI 1023017589
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.2% of the total across 46 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 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $543 and has fallen 93.7% since, to $34 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for urology clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $3,399.
Across 46 payments — averaging $22.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$180
- Comsort, Inc$100
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$88
- AbbVie$72
- Medtronic$67
- Blue Earth Diagnostics$65
- plus $454 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10010%
- Food & beverage$92590%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 9 | $180 |
| Comsort, Inc | 1 | $100 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $88 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $72 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $67 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 2 | $65 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $41 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $38 |
| Merck | 2 | $33 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $26 |
| Abbott | 1 | $26 |
| Amgen | 1 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $25 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $18 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| Avadel Specialty Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, 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.
- KEYTRUDA$100
How this compares
$1,025 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 196 urology providers in South Carolina.
Other urology in Charleston
- Sandip PrasadCharleston$177K
- Ian MarshallCharleston$60K
- Thomas KeaneCharleston$52K
- Stephen SavageCharleston$32K
- Matvey TsivianCharleston$18K
- John BrittonCharleston$15K
- John AdamsCharleston$15K
- Bradley SteeleCharleston$12K
- Alexander RamsayCharleston$10K
- Mark BuchananCharleston$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.