Nicholas Grimaldi, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Columbia, SCNPI 1528080777
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $188,834 of the $203,347 with a category attached, or 92.9%. Philadelphia Medical Management Company LLC accounts for 92.4% of it on its own, with 41 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $189,902, more than ten times the $3,783 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic 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 168 payments — averaging $1210.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Philadelphia Medical Management Company LLC$188K
- The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education$9K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$613
- Zimvie Inc.$323
- plus $3K from 36 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$6,4793%
- Consulting fees$188,83493%
- Travel & lodging$3,0251%
- Food & beverage$5,0092%
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.
- Spira$3,272
- Fortico$2,714
- CREO MIS$1,660
- MAKO$593
- Biomet SpinalPak / OrthoPak$323
- Biomet SpinalPak Non-invasive Spine Fusion Stimulator System$323
- Biomet SpinalPak$276
- Barricaid Annular Closure Device$172
- InSpan$162
- ALTERA$105
How this compares
$203,347 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 325 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lidocaine-PrilocaineLidocaine/Prilocaine | 41 | $8,468 |
| Lidocaine | 42 | $2,901 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 178 | $1,671 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 25 | $1,500 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 133 | $664 |
| Cephalexin | 84 | $632 |
| Meloxicam | 227 | $616 |
| Celecoxib | 34 | $474 |
| Mupirocin | 56 | $424 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 64 | $250 |
| Gabapentin | 35 | $215 |
| Methylprednisolone | 19 | $136 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 32 | $106 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 13 | $53 |
| Diazepam | 11 | $8 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Columbia
- William SmithColumbia$7.7M
- Thomas GrossColumbia$34K
- Corey HamiltonColumbia$27K
- Logan HuffColumbia$26K
- Jeffrey HopkinsColumbia$24K
- Thomas JonesColumbia$17K
- Rachel GlennColumbia$15K
- Richard FrischMt Pleasant$1M
- Brent PonceCharleston$874K
- Chi LimSpartanburg$320K
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.