William Byars
Family Medicine · Greer, SCNPI 1336110147
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 762 payments — averaging $6281.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Eli Lilly$1.9M
- GSK$1.3M
- Pfizer$851K
- Amgen$198K
- Merck$121K
- AstraZeneca$116K
- plus $312K from 10 others
Across 17 payments — averaging $165.32 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Eli Lilly$2K
- Gilead$974
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eli Lilly | 53 | $1,878,966 |
| GSK | 172 | $1,308,287 |
| Pfizer | 54 | $851,031 |
| Amgen | 18 | $198,401 |
| Merck | 30 | $121,337 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $116,037 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $114,316 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 140 | $77,227 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 227 | $56,056 |
| Kowa Research Institute, Inc. | 20 | $41,818 |
| Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 20 | $7,610 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 2 | $7,250 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH | 2 | $6,695 |
| Novo Nordisk AS | 9 | $986 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $95 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $62 |
How this compares
$4,786,174 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.
Other family medicine in Greer
- Ronald DegarmoGreer$188K
- Cayce TangemanGoose Creek$8.4M
- Jeremy AckermannMoncks Corner$7.6M
- Kelly MoralesNorth Charleston$6.5M
- James FranklinGreenville$3.5M
- Stephen GrubbLittle River$3.4M
- Jeffrey HarrisGreenville$3.4M
- Shannon ConradN Charleston$3.3M
- Tom ChristensenLittle River$3.1M
- Edward NewtonCharleston$3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.