Phillip Ferrell, PA
Surgical · West Columbia, SCNPI 1659347201
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 88 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Atricure, Inc. accounts for 75.6% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $586, more than ten times the $12 reported in 2021.
Across 88 payments — averaging $21.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$1K
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$88
- Novartis$80
- Johnson & Johnson$47
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$42
- On Target Laboratories, Inc$38
- plus $166 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,881100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 70 | $1,421 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 3 | $88 |
| Novartis | 4 | $80 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $47 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| On Target Laboratories, Inc | 1 | $38 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $34 |
| Merck | 1 | $34 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $29 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $24 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Amgen | 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.
How this compares
$1,881 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 232 surgical 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 40 | $21,441 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 15 | $8,933 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 91 | $812 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 76 | $570 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 62 | $432 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 40 | $367 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 17 | $140 |
| Losartan Potassium | 17 | $135 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 27 | $104 |
| Carvedilol | 23 | $78 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 15 | $65 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 18 | $62 |
| Furosemide | 26 | $38 |
| Spironolactone | 11 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in West Columbia
- Richard JacobWest Columbia$4K
- Brandie BernagozziWest Columbia$4K
- Ethan SmallwoodWest Columbia$3K
- Bryan AlfordWest Columbia$3K
- Victoria PregibonWest Columbia$3K
- Eric RobertsWest Columbia$2K
- Paige CrowleyWest Columbia$2K
- Laura ErnstWest Columbia$2K
- Natalie BartonWest Columbia$2K
- Joshua BeardsleyRock Hill$192K
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.