Paul Deholl, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Columbia, SCNPI 1124029103
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $36,206 of the $40,671 with a category attached, or 89.0%. Degen Medical, Inc. accounts for 96.6% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 54 payments — averaging $753.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Degen Medical, Inc.$39K
- Medtronic$755
- Johnson & Johnson$206
- Globus Medical$177
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$150
- Cerapedics Inc.$99
- plus $13 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$36,20689%
- Consulting fees$3,0007%
- Food & beverage$1,3663%
- Education$990%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Degen Medical, Inc. | 34 | $39,270 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $755 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $206 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 5 | $177 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Stryker | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Cyclops$31,484
- E3$21,610
- E3 MIS$5,032
- MIS E3$3,820
- Trinity ELITE$300
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$145
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$140
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$139
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$135
- INTERCONTINENTAL$106
How this compares
$40,671 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 32 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in South Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tizanidine Hcl | 60 | $323 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 29 | $193 |
| Meloxicam | 17 | $40 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $38 |
| Prednisone | 12 | $12 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Columbia
- Ivan LamottaColumbia$299K
- Michael PeelleColumbia$77K
- Gregory GrabowskiColumbia$50K
- Shari CuiColumbia$32K
- Michael SpitnaleColumbia$10K
- Steven PolettiMt Pleasant$3M
- Donald JohnsonMt Pleasant$2.9M
- Gene MasseyMyrtle Beach$1.2M
- Rakesh ChokshiFlorence$727K
- Willie EdwardsFlorence$687K
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.