Alexander Golovlev, MD
Anesthesiology · Charleston, SCNPI 1902287337
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,165 of the $9,751 with a category attached, or 73.5%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 45.7% of the total. Among anesthesiology clinicians in SC 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 280 payments — averaging $34.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$4K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$623
- Nevro Corp.$480
- Abbott$475
- Stryker$453
- plus $1K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,58627%
- Food & beverage$7,16573%
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 84 | $4,454 |
| Boston Scientific | 142 | $2,168 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $623 |
| Nevro Corp. | 8 | $480 |
| Abbott | 12 | $475 |
| Stryker | 4 | $453 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 11 | $327 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $210 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 3 | $169 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 3 | $163 |
| Amgen | 4 | $151 |
| Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC | 1 | $36 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $20 |
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.
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$2,477
- SPRINT PNS System$601
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$318
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$272
- Omnia$265
- OPERON$198
- VISUM$198
- OZARK CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM$159
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$159
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$159
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$139
- mild Device Kit$139
- INCEPTIV$136
- EVENITY$124
- PROCLAIM$124
- Prospera$105
How this compares
$9,751 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 609 anesthesiology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 19 | $559 |
| Gabapentin | 53 | $492 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 32 | $476 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 17 | $171 |
| Methylprednisolone | 25 | $161 |
| Cephalexin | 21 | $138 |
| Meloxicam | 41 | $57 |
| Diazepam | 27 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Charleston
- Frank OverdykCharleston$131K
- Joseph RodrigoCharleston$54K
- Jeffrey FrohockCharleston$48K
- David ArcellaCharleston$18K
- Metul ShahCharleston$11K
- Jeffery OllisCharleston$9K
- Rebecca DessoCharleston$5K
- Steven VranianCharleston$4K
- Toby SteinbergCharleston$3K
- Sylvia WilsonCharleston$3K
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.