James Black, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Spartanburg, SCNPI 1043452741
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (41.1%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Synthes GmbH accounts for 79.6% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $4,124 and has fallen 94.9% since, to $209 in 2025.
Across 41 payments — averaging $197.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$6K
- Smith+Nephew$594
- Johnson & Johnson$449
- Illuminoss Medical, Inc.$147
- Zimmer Biomet$139
- Amgen$123
- plus $204 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,00037%
- Travel & lodging$3,33241%
- Food & beverage$1,78522%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 7 | $6,461 |
| Smith+Nephew | 9 | $594 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $449 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $139 |
| Amgen | 1 | $123 |
| Stryker | 2 | $64 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- EVOS SMALL$155
- Photodynamic Bone Stabilization Procedure Pack$147
- VA-LCP$146
- EVOS$144
- mymobility Platform$139
- EVENITY$123
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic trauma providers in South Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 12 | $1,117 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $128 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Spartanburg
- James NorrisSpartanburg$676
- John AdamsGreenville$1M
- Coleman FowbleColumbia$208K
- Kyle JerayGreenville$177K
- Kevin PughFlorence$94K
- Kristoff ReidCharleston$17K
- Thomas SchallerGreenville$16K
- Jeremy SparkmanFlorence$16K
- Jared NewmanCharleston$11K
- Daniel CunninghamColumbia$8K
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.