Chi Lim, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Spartanburg, SCNPI 1811162506
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.3%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 39 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 31.5% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 957 payments — averaging $334.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$101K
- Abbott$79K
- Medtronic$53K
- DJO, LLC$44K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$19K
- Eminent Spine, LLC$6K
- plus $18K from 33 others
Across 56 payments — averaging $4039.22 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Abbott$117K
- DJO, LLC$86K
- Medtronic$16K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$7K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$157,64349%
- Speaking & faculty fees$88,99528%
- Travel & lodging$31,29510%
- Food & beverage$41,83613%
- Education$540%
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.
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.
- PROCLAIM$67,218
- CMF$42,867
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$29,250
- EXPEDIUM$18,916
- CMF SPINALOGIC$18,463
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$8,501
- DIVERGENCE-L$5,156
- CONDUIT$4,087
- Eminent Spine SI Screw System$2,875
- Eminent Spine Interbody Fusion System$2,000
- UNID_PASS$1,913
- ETERNA$1,879
- RISE-L$1,752
- VIPER$1,615
- Senza$1,329
- Proclaim IPG$1,037
- PENTA$1,016
- COUGAR$1,014
- Omnia$947
- CAPSTONE$866
How this compares
$319,822 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 325 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 176 | $1,891 |
| Methocarbamol | 119 | $1,686 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 82 | $1,153 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 75 | $614 |
| Pregabalin | 32 | $410 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 25 | $250 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 30 | $246 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 57 | $229 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 12 | $97 |
| Meloxicam | 32 | $66 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 12 | $64 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Spartanburg
- Robert MacdonellSpartanburg$33K
- David BarcelSpartanburg$19K
- Tyler LuthringerSpartanburg$18K
- William SmithColumbia$7.7M
- Richard FrischMt Pleasant$1M
- Brent PonceCharleston$874K
- Todd LansfordNorth Charleston$286K
- Nicholas GrimaldiColumbia$203K
- Richard MarksWest Columbia$176K
- James LogingClinton$118K
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.