Thomas McCullough
Internal Medicine · Aiken, SCNPI 1093980757
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 224 payments — averaging $17.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$616
- AbbVie$508
- Lilly USA, LLC$491
- Novo Nordisk$319
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$171
- EMD Serono, Inc.$143
- plus $2K from 36 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,919100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 34 | $616 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 38 | $508 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 26 | $491 |
| Novo Nordisk | 16 | $319 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 11 | $171 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 4 | $143 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $128 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $127 |
| Novartis | 7 | $123 |
| Merck | 9 | $113 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 5 | $113 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $104 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $102 |
| Abbott | 6 | $101 |
| GSK | 6 | $97 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $53 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 3 | $52 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $40 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Stryker | 1 | $29 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Amgen | 1 | $26 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $23 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Bayer | 1 | $20 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $17 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Vistapharm, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$3,919 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,498 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 540 | $216,515 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 181 | $148,465 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 121 | $125,386 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 77 | $69,358 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 98 | $67,845 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 92 | $62,823 |
| BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala | 12 | $51,020 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 44 | $47,942 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 50 | $45,518 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 51 | $33,732 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 50 | $32,400 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 32 | $26,074 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 142 | $24,338 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 81 | $23,757 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 33 | $23,497 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $128 | $216,515540 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Belsomra | $113 | $153,770193 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $319 | $125,386121 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $97 | $108,164162 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Brilinta | $616 | $97,049142 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $102 | $93,696219 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $491 | $93,46094 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $104 | $32,40050 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $123 | $23,75781 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $22 | $11,17913 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 1,498 internal medicine providers in South Carolina.
Other internal medicine in Aiken
- Gerald GordonAiken$13K
- Rica SantiagoMt Pleasant$10.7M
- Richard MillsMt Pleasant$5.5M
- Yvonne DavisMount Pleasant$2.4M
- David BolsterSummerville$2.3M
- Colby GrossmanSummerville$1.4M
- Amit ShahIndian Land$1.4M
- Philip NicolMurrells Inlet$782K
- Carl SofleyAnderson$673K
- Carl MitchellColumbia$564K
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.