Christopher Walsh, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Little River, SCNPI 1710275151
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 35 payments — averaging $49.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$536
- Zimmer Biomet$441
- Stryker$189
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$131
- Medacta USA, Inc.$58
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$51
- plus $327 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,733100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $536 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $441 |
| Stryker | 2 | $189 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $131 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 2 | $58 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $47 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $39 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Axogen | 1 | $24 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $24 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $18 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $16 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 1 | $12 |
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.
- NA$249
- MAKO$175
- mymobility Platform$142
- ROSA$139
- Persona$131
- CellerateRx$131
- ATTUNE$125
- ACTIS$125
- Kincise Surgical Automated System$125
How this compares
$1,733 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 458 | $6,832 |
| Meloxicam | 1,431 | $3,983 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 48 | $1,072 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 114 | $923 |
| Celecoxib | 48 | $507 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 43 | $500 |
| Ibuprofen | 54 | $420 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 87 | $289 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 21 | $187 |
| Levofloxacin | 12 | $139 |
| Amoxicillin | 148 | $124 |
| Naproxen | 11 | $93 |
| Cephalexin | 18 | $60 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 40 | $40 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Little River
- William SmithColumbia$7.7M
- Richard FrischMt Pleasant$1M
- Brent PonceCharleston$892K
- Chi LimSpartanburg$512K
- Todd LansfordNorth Charleston$288K
- Nicholas GrimaldiColumbia$203K
- Richard MarksWest Columbia$176K
- Brayton ShirleyGreer$134K
- James LogingClinton$118K
- Justin SmithRock Hill$102K
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.