Eric Angermeier, MD
Hand Surgery · Mount Pleasant, SCNPI 1720285539
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (34.9%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 27.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,389 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $18 in 2024.
Across 45 payments — averaging $146.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$2K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$2K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$498
- Novus Surgical Solutions LLC$186
- Stryker$152
- plus $644 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,65025%
- Travel & lodging$1,45522%
- Food & beverage$2,30835%
- Education$1,20018%
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 | 8 | $1,847 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $1,684 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 14 | $1,604 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 6 | $498 |
| Novus Surgical Solutions LLC | 1 | $186 |
| Stryker | 2 | $152 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $148 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Axogen | 2 | $131 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $122 |
| Exsomed Corporation | 1 | $64 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $18 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Regeneten$1,650
- NEURAGEN$232
- TENOGLIDE$232
- TENOGLIDE TENDON PROTECTOR SHEET$142
- NEURAGEN NERVE GUIDE$142
- TACTOSET$133
- VARIAX$130
- HAMMERLOCK$125
- NA$125
- VA-LCP$125
- Geminus$122
- Align$122
- IJS$122
- Implate$122
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$112
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$112
How this compares
$6,613 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 47 hand 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.
Other hand surgery in Mount Pleasant
- Dane DaleyCharleston$137K
- James PriceMt Pleasant$24K
- Jason DickherberSpartanburg$18K
- Shea RayGreenville$13K
- Sonya ClarkSpartanburg$12K
- Seth BowmanColumbia$12K
- Erica UmpierrezConway$11K
- Kyle KokkoSummerville$10K
- Benjamin SutkerFort Mill$9K
- Sarah YannascoliCharleston$8K
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.