Nicholas White, MD
Surgery of the Hand · Florence, SCNPI 1073801106
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (45.1%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 34.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,597 and has fallen 96.3% since, to $209 in 2025.
Across 120 payments — averaging $133.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$5K
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$4K
- Arthrex$4K
- Axogen$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$264
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$153
- plus $514 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,20245%
- Food & beverage$3,58122%
- Education$5,20033%
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 | 13 | $5,433 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 25 | $4,028 |
| Arthrex | 36 | $3,832 |
| Axogen | 6 | $1,759 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $264 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $153 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $88 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 7 | $83 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $77 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $67 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $44 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Bioventus LLC | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$5,328
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$1,678
- VA-LCP$117
How this compares
Too few surgery of the hand providers in South Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron Hcl | 243 | $669 |
| Prednisone | 70 | $580 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 215 | $427 |
| Cephalexin | 50 | $323 |
| Mupirocin | 19 | $161 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 21 | $160 |
| Ibuprofen | 42 | $98 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 22 | $82 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 16 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery of the hand in Florence
- Christopher LittsFlorence$2K
- Manoucher TavanaCharleston$29K
- Milton ArmstrongCharleston$10K
- Mirsad MujadzicColumbia$10K
- Muamer MujadzicSumter$8K
- John McFaddenCharleston$6K
- Jason ClarkCharleston$3K
- Lawrence RudisillGreenville$2K
- David LukowskiLittle River$1K
- Jesse LewisMurrells Inlet$798
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.