Brandon Bultsma
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Charleston, SCNPI 1033522784
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 51.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,029 and has fallen 97.2% since, to $28 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for foot & ankle surgery clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $3,057.
Across 27 payments — averaging $69.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$965
- Stryker$441
- Organogenesis Inc.$157
- Access Pro Medical, LLC$101
- Vaporox, Inc.$55
- Smith+Nephew$37
- plus $117 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$85546%
- Food & beverage$1,01854%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 6 | $965 |
| Stryker | 6 | $441 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 4 | $157 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $101 |
| Vaporox, Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $37 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $21 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $21 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Abbott | 1 | $15 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- AccuFill$806
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$172
- ALLOGRAFT$137
- ALLOWRAP$137
- Matriderm$101
How this compares
$1,873 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 87 foot & ankle 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 | 18 | $349 |
| Gabapentin | 27 | $269 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 27 | $181 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 23 | $170 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 25 | $149 |
| Ketoconazole | 14 | $123 |
| Cephalexin | 16 | $97 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Charleston
- Christopher GrossCharleston$394K
- Rahn RavenellCharleston$51K
- Drennan JoseyCharleston$7K
- Sarah CullenCharleston$6K
- Amanda FlammanCharleston$4K
- Edwin BlitchCharleston$2K
- Benjamin OverleyHilton Head Island$643K
- Tyler GonzalezColumbia$525K
- Alison GartenRock Hill$419K
- Robert KleinGreenville$358K
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.