Andrew Rhea, MD
Neurological Surgery · Florence, SCNPI 1508823386
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $17,500 of the $18,215 with a category attached, or 96.1%. Precision Spine, Inc. accounts for 96.3% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $17,588 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $20 in 2025.
Across 28 payments — averaging $650.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Precision Spine, Inc.$18K
- Boston Scientific$385
- GT Medical Technologies, Inc$107
- Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.$43
- Medtronic$43
- Nevro Corp.$33
- plus $60 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$17,50096%
- Food & beverage$7154%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Precision Spine, Inc. | 7 | $17,545 |
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $385 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 1 | $107 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $43 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $33 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- REFORM POCT POSTERIOR CERVICAL SYSTEM$4,500
- REFORM TI MODULAR PEDICLE SCREW$4,000
- REFORM TI PEDICLE SCREW$3,000
- Cannulated Screw System$3,000
- MIS 3L PEDICAL SCREW SYSTEM$3,000
- GammaTile$107
How this compares
$18,215 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 114 neurological 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 36 | $350 |
| Gabapentin | 18 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Florence
- Ward WorthingtonFlorence$6K
- Miranda HayworthFlorence$5K
- Thomas HinesFlorence$3K
- Alejandro SpiottaCharleston$894K
- David JonesRock Hill$540K
- Sabino DagostinoLadson$425K
- Jan Vargas MachajGreenville$207K
- Michael CowanRock Hill$184K
- Jonathan LenaCharleston$110K
- Adam BackSpartanburg$99K
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.