Hugh James, MD
Surgery · Spartanburg, SCNPI 1053375592
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (58.0%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 55.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,414 and has fallen 87.1% since, to $182 in 2025.
Across 44 payments — averaging $51.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$202
- Conmed Corporation$118
- Osiris Therapeutics Inc.$78
- Davol Inc.$74
- Johnson & Johnson$69
- plus $452 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1939%
- Food & beverage$1,30158%
- Education$75033%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 7 | $1,250 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 5 | $202 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $118 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $69 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $69 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $45 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $28 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $25 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $19 |
| Cardinal Health 414 LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $18 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 1 | $16 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $15 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $13 |
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.
How this compares
$2,244 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 553 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naloxone Hcl | 13 | $765 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 52 | $263 |
| Scopolamine | 22 | $260 |
| Omeprazole | 24 | $147 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 42 | $147 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 26 | $77 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 11 | $71 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 22 | $43 |
| Metoclopramide Hcl | 15 | $29 |
| Metronidazole | 14 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Spartanburg
- Ari KramerSpartanburg$502K
- Jason JohnsonSpartanburg$27K
- Chitharanjan PullattranaCharleston$408K
- John ScottGreenville$242K
- Jason CundiffGreenville$235K
- Steven KahnCharleston$197K
- John KramerPawleys Island$194K
- William CobbGreenville$159K
- Steven LauzonSumter$143K
- Shanu KothariGreenville$122K
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.