Matthew George, MD
Vascular Surgery · Anderson, SCNPI 1730217829
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
51 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 32.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $6,741 and has fallen 66.4% since, to $2,265 in 2025.
Across 311 payments — averaging $47.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1K
- Cook Medical LLC$882
- Johnson & Johnson$639
- plus $3K from 45 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,67852%
- Food & beverage$7,06548%
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.
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.
- ENDURANT IIS$4,314
- Indigo System$1,915
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,786
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$922
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$864
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$864
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$864
- Cook$386
- EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$378
- Conformable TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$218
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$187
- VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis$139
- Endurant$115
- Zilver PTX$111
How this compares
$14,744 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 99 vascular 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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 98 | $71,322 |
| EliquisApixaban | 79 | $55,430 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 25 | $13,997 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 134 | $3,493 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 325 | $2,615 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 138 | $2,430 |
| Gabapentin | 85 | $1,351 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 67 | $1,176 |
| Cilostazol | 56 | $1,028 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 21 | $1,001 |
| Pentoxifylline | 18 | $871 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 44 | $679 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 24 | $462 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 43 | $387 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 41 | $357 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $639 | $71,32298 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $174 | $55,43079 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $26 | $13,99725 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 70th percentile of 99 vascular surgery providers in South Carolina.
Other vascular surgery in Anderson
- Carlos Torres-MedinaAnderson$19K
- Jennifer ThomasAnderson$13K
- Louis KnoeppAnderson$12K
- John RossOrangeburg$847K
- David DeatonColumbia$609K
- Mathew WoosterWest Columbia$443K
- Sagar GandhiGreenville$236K
- Ravi VeeraswamyCharleston$164K
- Gerald FortunaWest Columbia$143K
- Kristian HochbergCharleston$106K
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.