Paul Frassinelli, MD
Surgery · Anderson, SCNPI 1790739647
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (54.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Endogastric Solutions, Inc accounts for 60.1% of it on its own, with 36 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $4,888 and has fallen 90.3% since, to $473 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 131 payments — averaging $134.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Endogastric Solutions, Inc$11K
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Boston Scientific$962
- Johnson & Johnson$499
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$240
- Conmed Corporation$185
- plus $1K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,56354%
- Travel & lodging$2862%
- Food & beverage$4,74927%
- Education$3,07017%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 29 | $10,620 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 22 | $3,953 |
| Boston Scientific | 19 | $962 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $499 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $240 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $185 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $165 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $116 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 3 | $113 |
| Stryker | 1 | $93 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $93 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $87 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $55 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $33 |
| BD | 1 | $32 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $22 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Vertex | 1 | $15 |
| Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Hologic Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $14 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $13 |
| Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| THD America, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $6 |
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.
- ESOPHYX$9,679
- DAVINCI XI$3,000
- SpyGlass Discover$465
- Da Vinci Surgical System$280
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$116
- AXIOS$110
- AIRSEAL$105
How this compares
$17,667 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 553 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 140 | $382 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 46 | $377 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 28 | $164 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 26 | $120 |
| Metoclopramide Hcl | 21 | $98 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 12 | $92 |
| Cephalexin | 11 | $78 |
| Metronidazole | 16 | $36 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $13 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Anderson
- Adam BeallAnderson$20K
- David StrathernAnderson$14K
- 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
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.