Josef Eichinger, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Charleston, SCNPI 1831298819
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $83,794 of the $117,078 with a category attached, or 71.6%. FH Orthopedics, Inc. accounts for 60.4% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 140 payments — averaging $836.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- FH Orthopedics, Inc.$71K
- Exactech, Inc.$16K
- Curonix LLC$12K
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$8K
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$7K
- Stryker$2K
- plus $2K from 7 others
Across 15 payments — averaging $15,093 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Novartis$93K
- Johnson & Johnson$77K
- Arthrex$45K
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$83,79472%
- Travel & lodging$12,49911%
- Food & beverage$7,3276%
- Education$13,45811%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FH Orthopedics, Inc. | 38 | $70,750 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 28 | $15,515 |
| Curonix LLC | 16 | $11,979 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 19 | $7,595 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 3 | $7,443 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 18 | $1,683 |
| Arthrex | 10 | $974 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $394 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 1 | $283 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $150 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $102 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $92 |
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.
- Arow$15,045
- EQUINOXE$13,636
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$11,921
- Geminus$7,443
- Align$7,443
- IJS$7,443
- Implate$7,443
- Arrow$2,815
- TELEGRAPH EVOLUTION Humeral Nailing System$2,112
- LATITUDE EV$458
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$342
- Regeneten$271
- LINVATEC HIP PRESERVATION SYSTEM$150
- AEQUALIS FLEX REVIVE$146
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$146
- Ambient Wands$132
- LENS Surgical Imaging System$123
- Dyonics Bonecutter$123
- AEQUALIS$109
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$102
How this compares
$117,078 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 30 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in South Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $69 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $35 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Charleston
- Richard FriedmanCharleston$691K
- Erik HansenCharleston$192K
- Matthew SteinCharleston$29K
- Harry DemosCharleston$4K
- Patrick MurrayCharleston$3K
- Justin BrothersMyrtle Beach$203K
- John McCrossonMt Pleasant$176K
- Peter RamseyConway$59K
- Daniel DelgaizoBeaufort$25K
- Frank ArmocidaGreer$23K
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.