Erica Umpierrez, MD
Hand Surgery · Conway, SCNPI 1083000533
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (52.4%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Peerless Surgical Inc. at 26.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $5,770 and has fallen 97.2% since, to $160 in 2025.
Across 57 payments — averaging $201.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$3K
- Arthrex$3K
- Axogen$2K
- Crossroads Orthopedics, LLC$1K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$1K
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$683
- plus $773 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,58631%
- Food & beverage$1,87416%
- Education$6,00052%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 9 | $3,046 |
| Arthrex | 7 | $2,773 |
| Axogen | 5 | $1,785 |
| Crossroads Orthopedics, LLC | 3 | $1,274 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 5 | $1,126 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $683 |
| Acumed LLC | 3 | $193 |
| Osteomed LLC | 1 | $104 |
| Stryker | 3 | $76 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $64 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Osteoremedies, LLC | 1 | $39 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 3 | $38 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $25 |
| Vertex | 1 | $24 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| AstraZeneca | 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.
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$1,765
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$1,765
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$1,765
- AMISTEM$845
- Geminus$683
- Align$683
- IJS$683
- Implate$683
- Polarus 3 Solution$139
- REVERSE SHOULDER$129
- EXT-HPS$104
How this compares
$11,460 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $83 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 14 | $50 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Conway
- John GaytonConway$7K
- Dane DaleyCharleston$137K
- James PriceMt Pleasant$24K
- Jason DickherberSpartanburg$18K
- Shea RayGreenville$13K
- Sonya ClarkSpartanburg$12K
- Seth BowmanColumbia$12K
- 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.