Suneetha Morthala, MD
Rheumatology · Columbia, SCNPI 1407880941
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 634 payments — averaging $43.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$10K
- GSK$8K
- Amgen$2K
- UCB, Inc.$1K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Novartis$976
- plus $4K from 19 others
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 79 | $10,064 |
| GSK | 53 | $8,152 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 114 | $1,808 |
| UCB, Inc. | 59 | $1,222 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 44 | $1,100 |
| Novartis | 54 | $976 |
| AbbVie | 34 | $802 |
| Pfizer | 40 | $651 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 37 | $526 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 30 | $492 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 23 | $337 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 10 | $245 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 11 | $231 |
| Sobi, Inc | 5 | $173 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 9 | $159 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 8 | $157 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 9 | $154 |
| Orthogenrx Inc. | 4 | $60 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 3 | $51 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Organon | 2 | $45 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $39 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $32 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Abbott | 1 | $17 |
How this compares
$27,562 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 123 rheumatology 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.
Other rheumatology in Columbia
- Kathleen FlintColumbia$528K
- Sunita PaudyalColumbia$64K
- Robert BoydColumbia$10K
- Adam MeszarosColumbia$7K
- Clarence LegertonSummerville$7.7M
- Gary FinkSummerville$6.9M
- William EdwardsSummerville$5.9M
- Colin EdgertonSummerville$4.6M
- Gregory NiemerSummerville$4.4M
- Jennifer MurphySummerville$4.4M
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.