Kerry Hammond, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Aiken, SCNPI 1710193222
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 50.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $428 and has fallen 82.2% since, to $76 in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for colon & rectal surgery clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $1,631.
Across 21 payments — averaging $32.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$343
- Organogenesis Inc.$51
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$47
- Intuitive Surgical$35
- Braintree Laboratories, Inc.$32
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$25
- plus $147 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$33950%
- Food & beverage$34250%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 4 | $343 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $47 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $35 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Prescient Surgical | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $17 |
| THD America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $13 |
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.
- INTERSTIM$280
How this compares
$681 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 35 colon & rectal 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LinzessLinaclotide | 32 | $16,764 |
| Colestipol Hcl | 13 | $1,757 |
| Hydrocortisone | 28 | $419 |
| Omeprazole | 21 | $272 |
| Sucralfate | 15 | $260 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 11 | $225 |
| Procto-Med HcHydrocortisone | 12 | $195 |
| Gabapentin | 16 | $175 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 13 | $34 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 13 | $34 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Aiken
- David GibbsAiken$883
- Virginia WinburnAiken$199
- Jorge Lagares-GarciaCharleston$23K
- Dean AdamsGreenville$12K
- Thomas CurranCharleston$11K
- Sidney MorrisonColumbia$11K
- Susan KnocheSummerville$9K
- Gabriel ChedisterSummerville$6K
- Anna MatrachisiaSummerville$5K
- Katherine RosenColumbia$4K
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.