Andrea Gale, MD
Hand Surgery · West Columbia, SCNPI 1306132261
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $1,327 of the $1,588 with a category attached, or 83.6%. Peerless Surgical Inc. accounts for 83.6% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for hand surgery clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $2,706.
Across 13 payments — averaging $122.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$1K
- ERMI LLC$51
- Johnson & Johnson$46
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$43
- Stryker$22
- Axogen$19
- plus $80 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$26116%
- Education$1,32784%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 2 | $1,327 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $51 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $46 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Stryker | 1 | $22 |
| Axogen | 1 | $19 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $16 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$1,588 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 47 hand surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 28 | $351 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 36 | $194 |
| Methylprednisolone | 25 | $182 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 28 | $62 |
| Hydroxyzine Pamoate | 17 | $49 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in West Columbia
- Michelle O'BrienWest Columbia$8K
- James McIntoshWest Columbia$1K
- Dane DaleyCharleston$137K
- James PriceMt Pleasant$24K
- Jason DickherberSpartanburg$18K
- Shea RayGreenville$13K
- Sonya ClarkSpartanburg$12K
- Seth BowmanColumbia$12K
- Erica UmpierrezConway$11K
- Kyle KokkoSummerville$10K
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.