Cristian Thomae, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Charleston, SCNPI 1306934658
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $16,298 of the $19,788 with a category attached, or 82.4%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 95.5% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $10,392, more than ten times the $132 reported in 2019. Among obstetrics & gynecology 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 30 payments — averaging $659.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$19K
- Medtronic$532
- Minerva Surgical, Inc$131
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$62
- Conmed Corporation$55
- AbbVie$48
- plus $61 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,19511%
- Food & beverage$1,1056%
- Education$16,29882%
- Gifts$1901%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 18 | $18,898 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $532 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 3 | $131 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $62 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $55 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $48 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $33 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $28 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$18,716
- TruClear$487
How this compares
$19,788 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 673 obstetrics & gynecology providers in South Carolina.
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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.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Charleston
- Angela ChoiCharleston$43K
- Andrew FuttermanCharleston$38K
- William OttingerCharleston$35K
- Tara van LeuvenCharleston$17K
- Harry BoatwrightCharleston$14K
- Jennifer HigdonCharleston$6K
- Casey WadsworthCharleston$5K
- Christopher JenningsAnderson$1.3M
- William ColemanGreenville$242K
- Melvin SeidMauldin$235K
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.