Stephen Huber, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Florence, SCNPI 1124019518
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 32.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,606 and has fallen 77.2% since, to $593 in 2025.
Across 123 payments — averaging $56.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Philips North America LLC$2K
- Medtronic$622
- Edwards Lifesciences$400
- Boston Scientific$245
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$205
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,18146%
- Food & beverage$3,74354%
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. | 45 | $2,237 |
| Philips North America LLC | 7 | $1,911 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 15 | $622 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 11 | $400 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $245 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 3 | $205 |
| Clearflow Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Abbott | 1 | $120 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $120 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $118 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $101 |
| Merck | 3 | $88 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $80 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $76 |
| BD | 1 | $73 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $62 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Convatec Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $28 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $20 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $16 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$6,924 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 83 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) 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.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Florence
- Smarika ShresthaFlorence$7K
- Scot SchultzFlorence$5K
- Robert MessierFlorence$4K
- Curtis QuinnCharleston$374K
- Marc KatzCharleston$265K
- Arman KilicCharleston$170K
- Barry GibneyCharleston$39K
- Jacob KlapperCharleston$38K
- John KelemenHilton Head Island$35K
- Kathryn EngelhartdtCharleston$33K
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.