Andrew Mendelson
Pain Medicine · Charleston, SCNPI 1518329416
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (53.0%), travel and lodging and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 48.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,740 and has fallen 50.8% since, to $2,827 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 175 payments — averaging $111.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$9K
- Boston Scientific$5K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$2K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$485
- MML US, Inc.$367
- plus $1K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$4,37523%
- Travel & lodging$4,75324%
- Food & beverage$10,29953%
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(2 entities) | 98 | $9,498 |
| Boston Scientific | 47 | $4,923 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 7 | $1,607 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 5 | $1,546 |
| Abbott | 4 | $485 |
| MML US, Inc. | 5 | $367 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $290 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $247 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $139 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $97 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $81 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $62 |
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.
- SYNCHROMED$4,375
- Intracept$2,908
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,991
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$1,678
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$1,610
- SPRINT PNS System$1,567
- ReActiv8$325
- SYNCHROMEDII$307
- PROCLAIM$297
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$290
- ACCOLADE SR$276
- mild Device Kit$232
- ITREL 4$152
- INTELLIS$149
- Senza$139
- Accurian$139
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION$104
- Penta SCS Leads$101
How this compares
$19,427 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 92 pain medicine 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.
Other pain medicine in Charleston
- Martin BurkeCharleston$11K
- Ameet NagpalCharleston$9K
- Justin WikleCharleston$5K
- Robert SullivanCharleston$5K
- Derrick RandallCharleston$3K
- Edward TavelCharleston$2K
- Michael HillegassCharleston$2K
- Meron SelassieCharleston$2K
- Ann FoxxCharleston$1K
- Phillip SmithGreenville$303K
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.