Jeremy Sparkman
Orthopaedic Trauma · Florence, SCNPI 1437575883
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (54.9%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 45.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,401 and has fallen 92.3% since, to $573 in 2025.
Across 110 payments — averaging $142.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$7K
- Johnson & Johnson$3K
- Pylant Medical$1K
- Synthes GmbH$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$864
- Curvafix, Inc.$748
- plus $1K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8,59755%
- Food & beverage$5,57136%
- Education$1,49310%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 67 | $7,140 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $3,120 |
| Pylant Medical | 1 | $1,493 |
| Synthes GmbH | 2 | $1,200 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $864 |
| Curvafix, Inc. | 6 | $748 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $680 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $234 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $80 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- AXSOS$2,014
- HOFFMANN$1,877
- T2$1,423
- GAMMA$1,422
- VARIAX$1,031
- PRO$969
- PELVIS II$865
- CurvaFix IM Implant$660
- Taylor Spatial Frame$568
- ASNIS$548
- ADAPT$506
- ALLOWRAP$279
- Novosorb BTM$234
- NA$207
- RINGFIX$148
- ACCOLADE$126
- LCP PLATES & SCREWS$114
- TFN-Advance$104
- IM NAILS$102
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 28 | $245 |
| Naproxen | 19 | $173 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 13 | $48 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Florence
- Kevin PughFlorence$94K
- Evan HannaFlorence$3K
- John AdamsGreenville$1M
- Coleman FowbleColumbia$208K
- Kyle JerayGreenville$177K
- Kristoff ReidCharleston$17K
- Thomas SchallerGreenville$16K
- Jared NewmanCharleston$11K
- Daniel CunninghamColumbia$8K
- James BlackSpartanburg$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.