Gautham Gondi, MD
Sports Medicine · West Columbia, SCNPI 1952336034
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (55.2%), speaking fees and gifts — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Conformis, Inc. at 35.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $3,503 and has fallen 63.8% since, to $1,267 in 2025.
Across 60 payments — averaging $140.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Conformis, Inc.$3K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Encore Medical, LP$893
- Smith+Nephew$334
- plus $823 from 10 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $1476.47 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Aesculap Biologics, LLC$4K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,55530%
- Travel & lodging$4686%
- Food & beverage$4,65255%
- Gifts$7509%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Conformis, Inc. | 5 | $2,971 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 13 | $1,283 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 9 | $1,118 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 10 | $1,004 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 4 | $893 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $334 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 2 | $146 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Next Science LLC | 2 | $125 |
| Pacira Cryotech Incorporated | 1 | $117 |
| Aesculap Biologics, LLC | 1 | $116 |
| Osteoremedies, LLC | 1 | $101 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 2 | $25 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- Identity$2,555
- GMK SPHERE$562
- Avenir$360
- ROSA$280
- ATTUNE$264
- Persona$256
- Connected Health-None$246
- Xperience$209
- GMK Sphere Revision System$165
- TFN-Advance$150
- iTotal PS$144
- DJO SURGICAL$143
- MECTA$137
- TRIGEN InterTAN$137
- Hip$128
- Hip, Identity CR$125
- IOVERA SYSTEM$117
- NOVOCART 3D$116
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$116
- mymobility Platform$113
How this compares
$8,425 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 158 sports medicine 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 | 223 | $9,241 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 131 | $5,732 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 66 | $872 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 76 | $705 |
| Methylprednisolone | 41 | $315 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 45 | $203 |
| Meloxicam | 35 | $84 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 16 | $75 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 29 | $72 |
| Tranexamic Acid | 11 | $55 |
| Amoxicillin | 37 | $54 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in West Columbia
- Guillaume DumontWest Columbia$146K
- David LeeWest Columbia$17K
- David HankinsWest Columbia$13K
- Justin KnightWest Columbia$6K
- Silas HolmesColumbia$2.2M
- Stephan PillGreenville$688K
- Steven MartinSeneca$356K
- Stefan TolanGreenville$280K
- Michael KissenberthGreenville$172K
- Douglas WylandSpartanburg$124K
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.