Drew Ratner, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Easley, SCNPI 1386082725
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (35.9%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 38.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $29,978 and has fallen 98.8% since, to $347 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery 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 232 payments — averaging $240.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$21K
- Pylant Medical$9K
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$6K
- Stryker$5K
- Smith+Nephew$5K
- Zimmer Biomet$4K
- plus $6K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$20,00036%
- Travel & lodging$11,13520%
- Food & beverage$8,11615%
- Education$16,51530%
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 | 16 | $21,174 |
| Pylant Medical | 10 | $8,593 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 12 | $6,064 |
| Stryker | 49 | $5,495 |
| Smith+Nephew | 41 | $4,910 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 35 | $3,758 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 2 | $2,766 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 27 | $900 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 9 | $853 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $251 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 2 | $188 |
| BD | 1 | $166 |
| Bioventus LLC | 6 | $117 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $114 |
| Vericel Corporation | 3 | $75 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $65 |
| Abbott | 3 | $59 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $20 |
| Precision Medical Products, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Medtronic | 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.
- REUNION$1,646
- HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET$1,622
- Avenir$1,526
- Journey II$1,304
- Hipstruments$1,243
- Q-FIX Hip$1,116
- SIMPLICITI$951
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$891
- CORI$733
- ROSA$720
- GRYPHON$675
- MILAGRO$675
- TRIGEN InterTAN$614
- POLARSTEM$402
- R3$402
- Journey Uni$402
- Persona$314
- HIPMAP$303
- Arcos$295
- FREEDOM WRIST$222
How this compares
$55,766 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 | 67 | $1,077 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 77 | $251 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 24 | $144 |
| Ibuprofen | 18 | $79 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $48 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Easley
- William SmithColumbia$7.7M
- Richard FrischMt Pleasant$1M
- Brent PonceCharleston$874K
- Chi LimSpartanburg$320K
- Todd LansfordNorth Charleston$286K
- Nicholas GrimaldiColumbia$203K
- Richard MarksWest Columbia$176K
- James LogingClinton$118K
- Justin SmithRock Hill$102K
- Matthew DuffinRock Hill$98K
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.