Kate Eden, PA
Surgical · Charleston, SCNPI 1225142300
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,698 of the $2,336 with a category attached, or 72.7%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Conformis, Inc. at 33.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,065 and has fallen 84.0% since, to $171 in 2025.
Across 29 payments — averaging $80.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Conformis, Inc.$783
- Stryker$734
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$277
- Exactech, Inc.$205
- Paragon 28, Inc.$125
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$115
- plus $96 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$63727%
- Food & beverage$1,69873%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Conformis, Inc. | 3 | $783 |
| Stryker | 16 | $734 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 2 | $277 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $205 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $23 |
| Abbott | 1 | $18 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $11 |
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.
- iTotal Identity PS$783
- Lapiplasty System$277
- VANTAGE$205
- EASYFUSE$171
- Hip$146
- iTotal, Identity CR$146
- Product Portfolio$125
- CLARIX$115
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$101
How this compares
$2,336 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 232 surgical 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 40 | $272 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 21 | $116 |
| Celecoxib | 15 | $108 |
| Meloxicam | 42 | $94 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 24 | $85 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $62 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 21 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Charleston
- Kalley VeitCharleston$7K
- Christopher ButhornCharleston$6K
- Jacob BobbaCharleston$5K
- Kelly GuerreroCharleston$5K
- Meghan AllenCharleston$4K
- Jessica MiddletonCharleston$3K
- Hannah MooreCharleston$3K
- Christopher RobinsonCharleston$3K
- Brandy PriceCharleston$2K
- Rose TrageserCharleston$2K
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.