Michael Kissenberth, MD
Sports Medicine · Greenville, SCNPI 1184670994
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (53.0%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 93.2% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $56,113, 2.4 times the $23,042 reported in 2019. Among sports 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 281 payments — averaging $612.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$160K
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$4K
- Stryker$3K
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$2K
- Smith+Nephew$756
- Avanos Medical$400
- plus $2K from 11 others
Across 27 payments — averaging $21,957 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.
- Arthrex$593K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$91,25553%
- Speaking & faculty fees$53,23431%
- Travel & lodging$16,46110%
- Food & beverage$11,2317%
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 | 185 | $160,401 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 32 | $3,760 |
| Stryker | 14 | $2,700 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 13 | $1,694 |
| Smith+Nephew | 10 | $756 |
| Avanos Medical | 4 | $400 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 3 | $381 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $372 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $331 |
| BREG, Inc | 2 | $252 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 2 | $251 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $246 |
| Argentum Medical | 1 | $170 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $147 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $130 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $106 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
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.
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY & FRACTURE UNIVERS$12,898
- TACTOSET$940
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY & FRACTURE REVERS$867
- REUNION$444
- Integrity$439
- ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES$377
- Zilretta$270
- Irrisept$246
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$229
- ARTHROPLASTY INSTRUMENTS KNEE & HIP ARTHROPLASTY SPORTKNEE$228
- EQUINOXE$190
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$174
- Integrity implant$153
- RevoMotion$150
- HemoBlast Bellows$147
- REVERSE SHOULDER$144
- Shoulder System$144
- CORI$140
- ARIA$140
- Breg VPULSE, PlasmaFlow, PolarCareWave$137
How this compares
$172,182 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 158 sports medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 21 | $126 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 27 | $111 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 20 | $38 |
| Amoxicillin | 19 | $29 |
| Meloxicam | 11 | $13 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Greenville
- Stephan PillGreenville$688K
- Stefan TolanGreenville$280K
- Scott WatsonGreenville$47K
- Alyssa AlthoffGreenville$35K
- Robert LongstaffeGreenville$32K
- Derik GeistGreenville$14K
- Benjamin KochGreenville$11K
- Jason FolkGreenville$9K
- Thomas BaumgartenGreenville$7K
- Andrew AlbanoGreenville$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.