Michael Michel
Surgery · Summerville, SCNPI 1073794806
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $27,517 of the $30,519 with a category attached, or 90.2%. Johnson & Johnson accounts for 70.3% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $21,747 and has fallen 98.2% since, to $381 in 2023. Among surgery 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 54 payments — averaging $565.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$21K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$8K
- Endogastric Solutions, Inc$581
- Intuitive Surgical$242
- Lucid Diagnostics Inc.$162
- Medtronic$128
- plus $283 from 12 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $3904.04 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.
- Johnson & Johnson$20K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$27,51790%
- Travel & lodging$1,0623%
- Food & beverage$1,9406%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 13 | $21,463 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $7,659 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 7 | $581 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 5 | $242 |
| Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | 2 | $162 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $128 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 3 | $49 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $12 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $12 |
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.
- LINX Reflux Management System$28,162
- ESOPHYX$357
- Da Vinci Surgical System$142
- EndoFlip$115
How this compares
$30,519 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 553 surgery providers in South Carolina.
Other surgery in Summerville
- Michael RawlinsSummerville$50K
- 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
- Shanu KothariGreenville$122K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.