Thomas Austin, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Columbia, SCNPI 1710958020
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 49 payments — averaging $21.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$104
- Medtronic$96
- Intuitive Surgical$92
- Pfizer$91
- Bayer$90
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$89
- plus $509 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,02095%
- Education$515%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 4 | $104 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $96 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $92 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $91 |
| Bayer | 6 | $90 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 4 | $89 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 3 | $68 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $51 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $50 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Optumhealth Care Solutions, LLC | 2 | $49 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $34 |
| Acessa Health Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $17 |
| Organon | 1 | $17 |
| Channel Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
How this compares
$1,070 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 673 obstetrics & gynecology providers in South Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 40 | $1,561 |
| YuvafemEstradiol | 14 | $1,511 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 13 | $547 |
| Fluconazole | 30 | $163 |
| Metronidazole | 14 | $146 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Columbia
- Meghan HillColumbia$795K
- Adrian BalicaColumbia$174K
- Orson RavenellColumbia$68K
- Judith BurgisColumbia$59K
- Ana RodriguezColumbia$9K
- Patricia SealColumbia$7K
- Robert LondonColumbia$7K
- Christopher JenningsAnderson$1.3M
- George HelmrichGreenville$1.2M
- Patricia ThompsonBeaufort$649K
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.