Theodore Pappas
Family Medicine · Mt Pleasant, SCNPI 1629086004
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.8% of the total across 367 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 48 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,008 and has fallen 97.4% since, to $78 in 2025. Among family medicine clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 367 payments — averaging $17.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$924
- AstraZeneca$720
- GSK$533
- AbbVie$384
- Amgen$365
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$312
- plus $3K from 42 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,538100%
- Education$140%
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.
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.
- FARXIGA$231
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$229
- XARELTO$124
- NURTEC ODT$117
- Ozempic$110
How this compares
$6,552 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.
Other family medicine in Mt Pleasant
- Richard WilkesMt Pleasant$216K
- Valerie ScottMt Pleasant$23K
- Andrew FlandryMt Pleasant$15K
- Scott EvansMt Pleasant$13K
- Stephen BruntonWinnsboro$1.3M
- Andrew MartinColumbia$205K
- Ada StewartColumbia$186K
- Jeffrey BroderNorth Augusta$140K
- Terry NagelColumbia$112K
- Katherine JohnsonGreenwood$80K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.