Physician profile

Louis Hite

Internal Medicine · Irmo, SC

NPI 1265434013

$2,053.45

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

32 companies · none reported in 2025

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Food and Beverage$733.33

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Axsome Therapeutics, INC. $208.59 2023 Sunosi
Abbvie INC. $196.79 2021-2023
Lilly USA, LLC $157.02 2021-2023 Mounjaro
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., INC. $131.85 2021-2022
Baxter Healthcare $115.54 2022
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, INC. $112.52 2021
Novo Nordisk INC $108.24 2021-2023
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, INC. $104.42 2021-2024 Rexulti
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division of Bausch Health US, LLC $99.47 2022-2024 Xifaxan, Trulance
Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC $90.78 2021-2022
Esperion Therapeutics, INC. $88.49 2021-2022
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals INC. $87.34 2021-2022
Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $83.17 2020-2024 Farxiga
Abbott Laboratories $80.30 2022-2023 Freestyle Libre 3
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company LTD. $58.74 2022
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $31.88 2022
Avadel Cns Pharmaceuticals, LLC $30.88 2024 Lumryz
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US INC $29.58 2022-2023 Quviviq
Glaxosmithkline, LLC. $25.08 2021-2023 Shingrix, Arexvy
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $23.83 2021
Boston Scientific Corporation $22.09 2024 Wavewriter Alpha Prime 16
Eisai INC. $17.93 2021
Harmony Biosciences LLC $17.79 2023 Wakix
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $17.49 2022
Pfizer INC. $16.43 2023
Amgen INC. $15.85 2019
Amarin Pharma, INC. $15.47 2021
Endo Pharmaceuticals INC. $14.13 2021
Daiichi Sankyo INC. $13.55 2024 Injectafer
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, INC. $13.09 2021
Exact Sciences Corporation $12.87 2023 Cologuard Collection Kit
Medtronic, INC. $12.25 2021

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

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Payment summary

Louis Hite

$2,053.45

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2024
Top company
Axsome Therapeutics, INC.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.