Jeffrey Frohock, MD
Anesthesiology · Charleston, SCNPI 1053568287
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $40,739 of the $47,570 with a category attached, or 85.6%. Avanos Medical accounts for 95.6% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $24,377 and has fallen 98.3% since, to $421 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 68 payments — averaging $699.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Avanos Medical$45K
- Medline Industries LP$1K
- GE HealthCare$227
- Abbott$196
- Nevro Corp.$133
- Boston Scientific$133
- plus $280 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4001%
- Speaking & faculty fees$40,73986%
- Travel & lodging$4,0038%
- Food & beverage$2,4085%
- Gifts$200%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Avanos Medical | 41 | $45,487 |
| Medline Industries LP | 9 | $1,114 |
| GE HealthCare | 5 | $227 |
| Abbott | 2 | $196 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $133 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $133 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $108 |
| B. Braun Medical Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $55 |
| Merck | 2 | $28 |
| Mindray DS USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- ON-Q$42,898
- GENERATOR$1,394
- ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES$600
- ETERNA$172
- Omnia$133
- SPRINT PNS System$108
How this compares
$47,570 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 609 anesthesiology 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 anesthesiology in Charleston
- Frank OverdykCharleston$131K
- Joseph RodrigoCharleston$54K
- David ArcellaCharleston$18K
- Metul ShahCharleston$11K
- Alexander GolovlevCharleston$10K
- Jeffery OllisCharleston$9K
- Rebecca DessoCharleston$5K
- Steven VranianCharleston$4K
- Toby SteinbergCharleston$3K
- Sylvia WilsonCharleston$3K
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.