Corey Hamilton, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Columbia, SCNPI 1538689872
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (40.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 28.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $8,848 and has fallen 52.7% since, to $4,188 in 2025.
Across 140 payments — averaging $192.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$8K
- Smith+Nephew$5K
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$5K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- Stryker$3K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$2K
- plus $2K from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,18023%
- Food & beverage$9,84837%
- Education$10,88940%
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 | 65 | $7,744 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $5,348 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 11 | $5,206 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 9 | $2,774 |
| Stryker | 24 | $2,649 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 10 | $1,644 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $910 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $202 |
| Linkbio Corp | 1 | $179 |
| Onkos Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Next Science LLC | 2 | $120 |
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.
- Persona$2,415
- MAKO$1,782
- AMISTEM$1,192
- TRIATHLON$763
- mymobility Platform$564
- NA$357
- Avenir$260
- ROSA$251
- G7$244
- VA-LCP$229
- TAPESTRY$218
- CellerateRx$202
- INSIGNIA$174
- ACCOLADE$169
- ROSA-Knee$147
- ELEOS LIMB SALVAGE SYSTEM$139
- NEXTAR$125
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$112
- Journey II$112
- Tandem$112
How this compares
$26,917 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 76 | $1,141 |
| Meloxicam | 166 | $331 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 28 | $261 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 77 | $192 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 42 | $183 |
| Naproxen | 12 | $150 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 16 | $137 |
| Amoxicillin | 14 | $10 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Columbia
- William SmithColumbia$7.7M
- Nicholas GrimaldiColumbia$203K
- Thomas GrossColumbia$34K
- Logan HuffColumbia$26K
- Jeffrey HopkinsColumbia$24K
- Thomas JonesColumbia$17K
- Rachel GlennColumbia$15K
- Richard FrischMt Pleasant$1M
- Brent PonceCharleston$874K
- Chi LimSpartanburg$320K
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.