Michael Wildstein, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Charleston, SCNPI 1821102245
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,719 of the $6,082 with a category attached, or 61.1%. 36 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 38.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,642 and has fallen 57.6% since, to $1,119 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $31,467.
Across 112 payments — averaging $54.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$2K
- Si-bone, Inc.$787
- Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc.$378
- Abbott$356
- Stryker$325
- Medtronic$297
- plus $2K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,36439%
- Food & beverage$3,71961%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 13 | $2,364 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 13 | $787 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $378 |
| Abbott | 11 | $356 |
| Stryker | 9 | $325 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $297 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $237 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 4 | $187 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 8 | $185 |
| CMS Imaging, Inc. | 4 | $152 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $91 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 4 | $67 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $49 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 3 | $48 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 3 | $46 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $46 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $39 |
| Paradigm Spine, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $24 |
| GSK | 1 | $23 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $19 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $17 |
| Bayer | 1 | $17 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $16 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $16 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $15 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $3 |
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.
- XLIF$978
- Magellan$378
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$352
- ALIF$331
- SPINEJACK$175
- Senza$149
- PROCLAIM$140
- ORTHOPEDIC CABLE / PERIPROSTHETIC SYSTEM$125
- EXPAREL$112
- nanoLOCK-L$101
How this compares
$6,082 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 32 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in South Carolina.
See all orthopaedic surgery of the spine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 34 | $281 |
| Gabapentin | 42 | $252 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 24 | $110 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 23 | $80 |
| Meloxicam | 26 | $64 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $54 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Charleston
- James AymondCharleston$91K
- Barton SachsCharleston$6K
- Charles ReitmanCharleston$1K
- Kelley BanaganCharleston$185
- Steven PolettiMt Pleasant$3M
- Donald JohnsonMt Pleasant$2.9M
- Gene MasseyMyrtle Beach$1.2M
- Rakesh ChokshiFlorence$727K
- Willie EdwardsFlorence$687K
- Ivan LamottaColumbia$299K
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.