---
title: What industry pays physicians in South Carolina (CMS Open Payments 2024)
state: South Carolina
program_year: 2024
general_payments: 33619149
physicians: 17027
source: CMS — Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act), program year 2024
sourceId: src:cms:open-payments:py2024
---

# Industry payments to physicians — South Carolina (2024)

In South Carolina, drug and device makers reported **$33,619,149** in general payments to **17,027** covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for program year 2024 (mean $1,974 each), plus $87,891,207 tied to research and $31,857,804 in ownership interests.

**A payment is a disclosed financial tie, not proof of wrongdoing** — many are research grants, consulting fees, or device royalties. Transparency, not a verdict.

## Top specialties

| Specialty | Total | Physicians | Mean per physician |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rheumatology | $3,201,769 | 98 | $32,671 |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | $2,123,081 | 238 | $8,921 |
| Dermatology | $1,774,722 | 157 | $11,304 |
| Unspecified | $1,407,047 | 320 | $4,397 |
| Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $1,336,810 | 26 | $51,416 |
| Family | $1,194,082 | 2,111 | $566 |
| Family Medicine | $1,188,478 | 1,392 | $854 |
| Pulmonary Disease | $1,144,754 | 145 | $7,895 |
| Physician Assistant | $1,024,652 | 1,028 | $997 |
| Surgery | $904,983 | 407 | $2,224 |
| Ophthalmology | $731,930 | 223 | $3,282 |
| Internal Medicine | $710,608 | 818 | $869 |

## Highest-paid physicians (general payments)

| Physician | Specialty | Total | Top payer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Colin Edgerton | Rheumatology | $1,510,483 | American Rheumatology Network, LLC |
| William Smith | Orthopaedic Surgery | $1,505,446 | Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. |
| Heather Hopkins | Unspecified | $535,840 | Align Technology, Inc. |
| Marshall Shuler | Dermatology | $523,185 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Vladimir Maletic | Unspecified | $517,411 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Neal Shore | Urology | $448,602 | Janssen Research & Development, LLC |
| Clarence Legerton | Rheumatology | $432,669 | American Rheumatology Network, LLC |
| Gary Fink | Rheumatology | $432,647 | American Rheumatology Network, LLC |
| Todd Schlesinger | Dermatology | $411,716 | Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. |
| Steven Poletti | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $352,668 | Globus Medical, Inc. |
| Donald Johnson | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $341,973 | Globus Medical, Inc. |
| Abhijit Raval | Pulmonary Disease | $326,539 | Genzyme Corporation |
| Amylynne Frankel | Dermatology | $321,790 | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. |
| Gene Massey | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $305,826 | Alphatec Spine, Inc |
| Fabrizio Galimberti | MOHS-Micrographic Surgery | $250,405 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. |
| Shaun Nguyen | Otolaryngology | $243,253 | CSL Plasma Inc. |
| Rebecca Smith | Dermatology | $241,247 | Amgen Inc. |
| Stephen Brunton | Family Medicine | $229,724 | Lilly USA, LLC |
| Andrzej Kalinski | Unspecified | $220,135 | CSL Plasma Inc. |
| Renee Lamm | Addiction Psychiatry | $212,490 | Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. |
| John Adams | Orthopaedic Trauma | $211,325 | Arthrex, Inc. |
| William Edwards | Rheumatology | $204,121 | American Rheumatology Network, LLC |
| Jessica Coleman | Nephrology | $193,613 | Travere Therapeutics, Inc. |
| Alan Brown | Rheumatology | $190,536 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Erin Forster | Gastroenterology | $164,451 | AbbVie Inc. |

RECORDED CMS Open Payments amounts/counts; totals, means, and rankings are DERIVED. A disclosure record — not evidence of improper influence, not a measure of physician quality, not advice. To verify a physician, search openpaymentsdata.cms.gov. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/

Structured data: `/care/open-payments/sc.jsonld` · National: `/care/open-payments`