Stephen Putman, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Murrells Inlet, SCNPI 1306094016
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 37 payments — averaging $113.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$968
- Convatec Inc.$78
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$78
- Bioventus LLC$26
- Boston Scientific$26
- plus $84 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,10226%
- Food & beverage$71417%
- Education$2,40057%
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 | 11 | $2,956 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 11 | $968 |
| Convatec Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $26 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $22 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $19 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $16 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $15 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$4,217 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 325 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 207 | $3,314 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 310 | $2,173 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 155 | $1,199 |
| Prednisone | 69 | $472 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 186 | $361 |
| Cephalexin | 81 | $302 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 32 | $103 |
| Ibuprofen | 24 | $102 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 22 | $88 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 11 | $82 |
| Meloxicam | 23 | $82 |
| Gabapentin | 20 | $64 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 11 | $60 |
| Diazepam | 12 | $10 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Murrells Inlet
- Benjamin CatoeMurrells Inlet$37K
- William SmithColumbia$7.7M
- Richard FrischMt Pleasant$1M
- Brent PonceCharleston$892K
- Chi LimSpartanburg$512K
- Todd LansfordNorth Charleston$288K
- Nicholas GrimaldiColumbia$203K
- Richard MarksWest Columbia$176K
- Brayton ShirleyGreer$134K
- James LogingClinton$118K
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.