Gregory Colbath, MD
Sports Medicine · Gaffney, SCNPI 1386841617
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (52.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Linvatec Corporation at 42.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $14,301 and has fallen 61.0% since, to $5,584 in 2025.
Across 204 payments — averaging $176.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Linvatec Corporation$15K
- Zimmer Biomet$6K
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$4K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$3K
- Arthrex$2K
- Smith+Nephew$1K
- plus $5K from 25 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $6398.74 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.
- Linvatec Corporation$45K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,7007%
- Travel & lodging$18,79652%
- Food & beverage$10,09628%
- Education$4,46112%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Linvatec Corporation | 43 | $15,167 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 42 | $6,097 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 9 | $3,981 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 13 | $3,287 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $1,548 |
| Smith+Nephew | 15 | $1,297 |
| Stryker | 8 | $715 |
| Amgen | 18 | $710 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 3 | $652 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $578 |
| Biorez, Inc. | 3 | $298 |
| Bioventus LLC | 5 | $284 |
| OVIK Health, LLC | 2 | $197 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 1 | $168 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $147 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 2 | $130 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $121 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $113 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $82 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $46 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Vertex | 1 | $27 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $14 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- BioBrace 23mm$13,872
- EXPAREL$2,930
- Iovera$2,518
- Zilretta$2,400
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$2,389
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$2,192
- Inverse/Reverse Screw System$886
- Latarjet System$441
- Q-FIX$441
- INSPACE$396
- Integrity$285
- LIVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM$248
- Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System$239
- EVENITY$223
- Regeneten$219
- MULTIFIX S$219
- REGENESORB$197
- FilmArray Torch Module$168
- Xperience$147
- BlastX$147
How this compares
$36,053 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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.
Other sports medicine in Gaffney
- Silas HolmesColumbia$2.2M
- Stephan PillGreenville$688K
- Steven MartinSeneca$356K
- Stefan TolanGreenville$280K
- Michael KissenberthGreenville$172K
- Guillaume DumontWest Columbia$146K
- Douglas WylandSpartanburg$124K
- Jeffrey GuyColumbia$120K
- Harris SloneCharleston$72K
- Donovan JohnsonConway$56K
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.