William Bedingfield, MD
Internal Medicine · Clemson, SCNPI 1598764524
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 445 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 59 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,854, 4.5 times the $412 reported in 2019. Among internal 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 445 payments — averaging $16.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Lilly USA, LLC$1K
- Novo Nordisk$551
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$508
- Pfizer$487
- Lundbeck LLC$308
- plus $3K from 53 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$140%
- Food & beverage$7,273100%
- Education$120%
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.
How this compares
$7,299 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 | 177 | $116,205 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 62 | $69,456 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 55 | $66,824 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 44 | $50,898 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 47 | $30,483 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 44 | $28,548 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 29 | $28,007 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 17 | $19,213 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 15 | $13,881 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 140 | $8,871 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 16 | $7,145 |
| Omeprazole-Sodium BicarbonateOmeprazole/Sodium Bicarbonate | 19 | $6,998 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 12 | $6,977 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 523 | $5,891 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 484 | $5,453 |
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, Paxlovid, Premarin | $487 | $121,717220 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $1,067 | $80,70570 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $551 | $69,45662 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $83 | $50,89844 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $42 | $30,48347 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $256 | $28,54844 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $31 | $28,00729 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $52 | $6,97712 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $14 | $5,453484 claims |
| AstraZenecaSymbicort | $147 | $4,64220 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $1,340 | $4,59048 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 90th percentile of 1,498 internal medicine providers in South Carolina.
Other internal medicine in Clemson
- Jerry BackNorth Charleston$322K
- Jan BasileCharleston$278K
- Mark PurcellGreenville$165K
- John CleekCharleston$136K
- William BunnHilton Head Island$125K
- Zion LammGreenville$118K
- Bruce GrayGreenville$111K
- Leonard AlsfeldCharleston$91K
- Edward Botse-BaidooMyrtle Beach$90K
- Lisa DarbyGreenville$43K
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.