Matthew Metz, MD
Surgery · Murrells Inlet, SCNPI 1245274497
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (40.8%), education and other — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 70.0% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $7,548 and has fallen 69.9% since, to $2,271 in 2025.
Across 52 payments — averaging $213.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$8K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$2K
- Davol Inc.$1K
- Covidien LP$68
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$37
- Stryker$20
- plus $34 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,52741%
- Food & beverage$1,99418%
- Education$2,54923%
- Gifts$90%
- Other$2,01018%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 34 | $7,763 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $2,018 |
| Davol Inc. | 8 | $1,149 |
| Covidien LP | 2 | $68 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Stryker | 1 | $20 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $17 |
| Boston Scientific | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$4,624
- DAVINCI XI$2,500
- AMNIOEXCEL$1,755
- Phasix Mesh$833
- MICROMATRIX$255
How this compares
$11,089 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 553 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 49 | $3,245 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 28 | $459 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 28 | $104 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Murrells Inlet
- Sunil LallaMurrells Inlet$37K
- Salim GhorraMurrells Inlet$13K
- Ari KramerSpartanburg$502K
- Chitharanjan PullattranaCharleston$408K
- John ScottGreenville$242K
- Jason CundiffGreenville$235K
- Steven KahnCharleston$197K
- John KramerPawleys Island$194K
- William CobbGreenville$159K
- Steven LauzonSumter$143K
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.