Erich Gerhardt, DO
Surgical Critical Care · Florence, SCNPI 1851528335
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 18 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Avanos Medical at 26.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $136 and has fallen 71.0% since, to $39 in 2022. That places this record below the midpoint for surgical critical care clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $4,813.
Across 18 payments — averaging $17.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Avanos Medical$83
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$48
- KCI USA, Inc.$44
- Davol Inc.$32
- UCB, Inc.$22
- Teleflex LLC$18
- plus $61 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$307100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Avanos Medical | 5 | $83 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Bolder Surgical LLC | 1 | $15 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$307 in reported general payments places this provider in the 5th percentile of 34 surgical critical care 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 surgical critical care in Florence
- Evert ErikssonCharleston$155K
- Bruce CrookesCharleston$150K
- Aaron MooreColumbia$46K
- Stephen FannCharleston$32K
- Heather EvansCharleston$28K
- William DuttonDaniel Island$14K
- Mohanned MallahCharleston$14K
- Rupal PatelGreer$13K
- Phillip PrestColumbia$11K
- Bradley SnowGreenville$10K
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.