Donald Johnson
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Mt Pleasant, SCNPI 1184615437
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $2,946,133 of the $2,946,148 with a category attached, or 100.0%. Globus Medical accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery of the spine 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 48 payments — averaging $61,378 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$2.9M
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$16
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$2,946,133100%
- Food & beverage$160%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical | 47 | $2,946,133 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- RETAIN$969,459
- CREO MIS Stabilization System$714,055
- CREO$589,581
- RISE-L$445,234
- REVOLVE$110,252
- RISE$87,535
- RISE-L . RISE-L A/L$62,483
How this compares
$2,946,148 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 32 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in South Carolina.
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Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Mt Pleasant
- Steven PolettiMt Pleasant$3M
- Timothy BryanMt Pleasant$135K
- Benjamin SchellMt Pleasant$31K
- Gene MasseyMyrtle Beach$1.2M
- Rakesh ChokshiFlorence$727K
- Willie EdwardsFlorence$687K
- Ivan LamottaColumbia$299K
- Daniel ReidConway$152K
- James AymondCharleston$91K
- Michael PeelleColumbia$77K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.