John McFadden, MD
Surgery of the Hand · Charleston, SCNPI 1295758308
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (48.0%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Peerless Surgical Inc. at 32.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,749 and has fallen 86.0% since, to $245 in 2024.
Across 45 payments — averaging $125.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$2K
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$1K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$449
- Arthrex$278
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$275
- Axogen$233
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,01736%
- Food & beverage$2,71148%
- Education$92216%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 4 | $1,830 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $1,417 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 6 | $449 |
| Arthrex | 4 | $278 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $275 |
| Axogen | 2 | $233 |
| Amgen | 3 | $150 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $149 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $142 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $133 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $125 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $117 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Exsomed Corporation | 1 | $64 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
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.
- HemiCAP$1,293
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$331
- XIAFLEX$236
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$233
- NEURAGEN$232
- TENOGLIDE$232
- WristMotion$152
- SpeedSpiral$152
- GRAFIX PL$149
- Oasis$149
- Stravix$149
- Sx-One Microknife$135
- Geminus$133
- Align$133
- IJS$133
- Implate$133
- HAMMERLOCK$125
- NA$125
- VA-LCP$125
- Anthem$117
How this compares
Too few surgery of the hand 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 | 90 | $307 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery of the hand in Charleston
- Manoucher TavanaCharleston$29K
- Milton ArmstrongCharleston$10K
- Jason ClarkCharleston$3K
- Gerald ShealyCharleston$152
- Nicholas WhiteFlorence$16K
- Mirsad MujadzicColumbia$10K
- Muamer MujadzicSumter$8K
- Lawrence RudisillGreenville$2K
- Christopher LittsFlorence$2K
- David LukowskiLittle River$1K
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.