Erkan Alci, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Conway, SCNPI 1235302969
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (42.0%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Globus Medical accounts for 97.4% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $24,649 and has fallen 50.6% since, to $12,166 in 2025.
Across 136 payments — averaging $549.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$73K
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$484
- Medtronic$460
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$173
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$164
- Osteocentric Technologies, Inc.$134
- plus $508 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$29,21939%
- Speaking & faculty fees$31,36942%
- Travel & lodging$9,52013%
- Food & beverage$4,5736%
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(2 entities) | 102 | $72,758 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 3 | $484 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $460 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $173 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $164 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $134 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $90 |
| Stryker | 1 | $67 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $53 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $45 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Elevation Spine, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Abbott | 1 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $23 |
| Vertex | 1 | $23 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 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.
- CREO 5.5$13,022
- ELSA ATP$9,630
- Quartex$9,625
- Sable$9,253
- Anthem$8,250
- CREO$6,699
- RISE-L$5,844
- Excelsius - GPS$4,813
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$995
- Spine - Prototype$966
- Beacon$966
- RISE$371
- Hedron$180
- CITADEL$171
- Other - Miscellaneous$164
- UNID_PASS$158
- CORBEL$148
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$148
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$142
- MONUMENT$134
How this compares
$74,681 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 32 orthopaedic surgery of the spine 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 237 | $2,161 |
| Celecoxib | 68 | $1,378 |
| Methylprednisolone | 180 | $1,162 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 195 | $931 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 147 | $790 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 42 | $340 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 49 | $162 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 47 | $152 |
| Meloxicam | 45 | $134 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 18 | $90 |
| Ibuprofen | 12 | $58 |
| Diazepam | 41 | $31 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Conway
- Daniel ReidConway$152K
- William MillsConway$23K
- Steven PolettiMt Pleasant$3M
- Donald JohnsonMt Pleasant$2.9M
- Gene MasseyMyrtle Beach$1.2M
- Rakesh ChokshiFlorence$727K
- Willie EdwardsFlorence$687K
- Ivan LamottaColumbia$299K
- Timothy BryanMt Pleasant$135K
- James AymondCharleston$91K
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.