Katherine McGurk, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Summerville, SCNPI 1154816031
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (55.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 57.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $13,541 and has fallen 97.5% since, to $333 in 2025.
Across 54 payments — averaging $334.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$10K
- Axogen$3K
- Acumed LLC$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$940
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$707
- Piedmont Plus Innovation$531
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$10,00055%
- Travel & lodging$3,78621%
- Food & beverage$3,35919%
- Education$9405%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 3 | $10,455 |
| Axogen | 15 | $2,539 |
| Acumed LLC | 8 | $1,537 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $940 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 7 | $707 |
| Piedmont Plus Innovation | 1 | $531 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $377 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $288 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $226 |
| Stryker | 1 | $172 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $70 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 2 | $67 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $66 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $19 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $17 |
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.
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$2,362
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$1,631
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$1,631
- INnate Implant$1,108
- Kerecis SurgiClose$1,035
- InFrame Implant$994
- ACUMED$994
- Geminus$509
- Align$509
- IJS$509
- Implate$509
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$355
- Kerecis GraftGuide$259
- XIAFLEX$226
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$173
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$173
- ANCHORAGE$172
- Acutrak Headless Compression Screw System$156
- Anatomic Radial Head System$156
- Clavicle Plating System$156
How this compares
$18,084 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 325 orthopaedic surgery 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 | 35 | $130 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 16 | $55 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 18 | $25 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Summerville
- Scott McDermottSummerville$16K
- William SmithColumbia$7.7M
- Richard FrischMt Pleasant$1M
- Brent PonceCharleston$874K
- Chi LimSpartanburg$320K
- Todd LansfordNorth Charleston$286K
- Nicholas GrimaldiColumbia$203K
- Richard MarksWest Columbia$176K
- James LogingClinton$118K
- Justin SmithRock Hill$102K
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.