Benjamin Sutker, MD
Hand Surgery · Fort Mill, SCNPI 1407829476
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (47.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Peerless Surgical Inc. at 36.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $7,208 and has fallen 98.1% since, to $135 in 2024.
Across 43 payments — averaging $201.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$3K
- Arthrex$3K
- GE HealthCare$1K
- Smith+Nephew$596
- Johnson & Johnson$389
- Acumed LLC$219
- plus $477 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,30727%
- Food & beverage$2,26126%
- Education$4,10547%
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. | 11 | $3,158 |
| Arthrex | 9 | $2,548 |
| GE HealthCare | 3 | $1,286 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $596 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $389 |
| Acumed LLC | 4 | $219 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $145 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $134 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $115 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
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.
How this compares
$8,673 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ibuprofen | 124 | $330 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 79 | $165 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 97 | $110 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $80 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 33 | $61 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 16 | $54 |
| Meloxicam | 18 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Fort Mill
- 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
- Sarah YannascoliCharleston$8K
- Fiesky NunezGreenville$8K
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.