Mark Netherton, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Mt Pleasant, SCNPI 1437267473
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.4%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 33.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $74,331 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $464 in 2023. Among interventional pain medicine clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 176 payments — averaging $579.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$35K
- Abbott$30K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$29K
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$9K
- Si-bone, Inc.$59
- Curonix LLC$19
- plus $32 from 2 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $5545.00 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.
- Vertiflex, Inc.$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$49,38048%
- Speaking & faculty fees$39,15038%
- Travel & lodging$7,6698%
- Food & beverage$5,7286%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 60 | $34,568 |
| Abbott | 57 | $29,941 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 39 | $28,552 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 16 | $8,757 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Flowonix Medical Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 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.
- Superion ISS$27,831
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$25,125
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$21,300
- mild Device Kit$8,428
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$5,738
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$4,191
- Swift-Lock SCS$2,960
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$2,104
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$1,280
How this compares
$101,927 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 38 interventional pain medicine 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.
Other interventional pain medicine in Mt Pleasant
- Ryan NoblesMt Pleasant$43K
- William RichardsonMt Pleasant$6K
- Marion McMillanSeneca$89K
- Jason RosenbergMurrells Inlet$82K
- Justin HutchesonGreenville$23K
- Joshua BighamSpartanburg$14K
- David RoweBluffton$9K
- William DurrettAiken$8K
- Kenneth GrosslightWest Columbia$7K
- Phillip SuwanAiken$6K
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.