William Pendergraft
Internal Medicine · Chapel Hill, NCNPI 1578899282
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (59.6%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. GSK accounts for 93.5% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $131,619 and has fallen 53.2% since, to $61,539 in 2022. Among internal medicine clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 157 payments — averaging $1338.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$197K
- Amgen$13K
- Genentech USA, Inc.$92
- AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$45
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$20
- IBSA Pharma Inc.$19
- plus $18 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$67,02732%
- Speaking & faculty fees$125,29860%
- Travel & lodging$15,4027%
- Food & beverage$2,4261%
- Education$450%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 135 | $196,633 |
| Amgen | 12 | $13,372 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 4 | $92 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Vyera Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $18 |
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.
- BENLYSTA$158,743
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$23,727
- Tavneos$13,208
How this compares
$210,198 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,302 internal medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other internal medicine in Chapel Hill
- Millie LongChapel Hill$374K
- Edward BarnesChapel Hill$171K
- Saira SheikhChapel Hill$123K
- David ClemmonsChapel Hill$96K
- Nicholas PiazzaChapel Hill$69K
- Matthew FosterChapel Hill$60K
- Samuel RubinsteinChapel Hill$40K
- Jennifer RogersChapel Hill$39K
- Nirmish ShahDurham$862K
- Eugene WrightFayetteville$839K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.