Cory Smith, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Greenville, SCNPI 1700236643
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (42.5%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 42.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $11,417 and has fallen 97.0% since, to $345 in 2025.
Across 61 payments — averaging $385.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$10K
- Smith+Nephew$7K
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$2K
- Stryker$2K
- FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$396
- plus $395 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$10,00042%
- Travel & lodging$6,32727%
- Food & beverage$2,0629%
- Education$5,14322%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 2 | $10,015 |
| Smith+Nephew | 29 | $7,190 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 3 | $2,367 |
| Stryker | 8 | $1,720 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 2 | $1,450 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $396 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $81 |
| Prime Surgical, LLC | 1 | $73 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $71 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $43 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $37 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $32 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
| Novartis | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Q-FIX$2,029
- Firstpass$1,452
- ACUFEX Meniscal Root Repair$1,452
- NOVOSTITCH$1,452
- SALVATION$1,216
- MICRORAPTOR$1,100
- CAP-FIX$1,100
- INSPACE$404
- ROSA$322
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$276
How this compares
$23,532 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 67 | $891 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 41 | $360 |
| Meloxicam | 98 | $304 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 57 | $295 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 11 | $191 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 21 | $174 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 29 | $151 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 15 | $83 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Greenville
- James SpearmanGreenville$58K
- Peter EversonGreenville$41K
- Joshua EskewGreenville$37K
- Steven SwinfordGreenville$35K
- Alexander BurnikelGreenville$27K
- Michael SimsGreenville$22K
- Ethan MaltzGreenville$20K
- Lukas KeilGreenville$19K
- William SmithColumbia$7.7M
- Richard FrischMt Pleasant$1M
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.