Scott Watson, MD
Sports Medicine · Greenville, SCNPI 1881914430
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (33.3%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 76.2% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $12,846 and has fallen 79.2% since, to $2,671 in 2025. Among sports medicine 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 193 payments — averaging $245.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$36K
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$9K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Vericel Corporation$172
- Amgen$57
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$57
- plus $183 from 7 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $8421.97 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Arthrex$59K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,34820%
- Speaking & faculty fees$15,79133%
- Travel & lodging$10,55722%
- Food & beverage$4,81110%
- Education$6,84314%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 112 | $36,088 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 47 | $9,181 |
| Smith+Nephew | 15 | $1,612 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $172 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 4 | $57 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| ERMI LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $23 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 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.
- Dyonics Mini Shaver System$731
- Regeneten$731
- LENS Surgical Imaging System$731
- NOVOSTITCH$278
- Clancy Anatomic Cruciate Guide$278
- Meniscal Root Repair System$278
- PINPOINT System$195
- MACI$150
- SYNERGY$140
- Tandem$140
- REDAPT$140
How this compares
$47,350 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 158 sports medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 27 | $242 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $72 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Greenville
- Stephan PillGreenville$688K
- Stefan TolanGreenville$280K
- Michael KissenberthGreenville$172K
- Alyssa AlthoffGreenville$35K
- Robert LongstaffeGreenville$32K
- Derik GeistGreenville$14K
- Benjamin KochGreenville$11K
- Jason FolkGreenville$9K
- Thomas BaumgartenGreenville$7K
- Andrew AlbanoGreenville$4K
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.