Stephen Ridgeway, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Greenville, SCNPI 1184682239
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 45.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,382 and has fallen 93.9% since, to $145 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $5,295.
Across 34 payments — averaging $97.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$940
- Johnson & Johnson$560
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$91
- Axogen$70
- Heraeus Medical, LLC.$35
- plus $107 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,85056%
- Food & beverage$1,44944%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 13 | $1,496 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $940 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $560 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Axogen | 1 | $70 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 3 | $35 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $32 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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
$3,299 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 30 adult reconstructive orthopaedic 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 234 | $3,911 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 318 | $2,543 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 191 | $2,376 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 295 | $1,254 |
| Methocarbamol | 245 | $1,166 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 46 | $634 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 61 | $177 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 11 | $105 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $87 |
| Meloxicam | 32 | $62 |
| Amoxicillin | 50 | $36 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $31 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 12 | $8 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Greenville
- Stephen FinleyGreenville$23K
- James JenningsGreenville$3K
- Christopher KavolusGreenville$2K
- Richard FriedmanCharleston$691K
- Justin BrothersMyrtle Beach$203K
- Erik HansenCharleston$192K
- John McCrossonMt Pleasant$176K
- Josef EichingerCharleston$117K
- Peter RamseyConway$59K
- Matthew SteinCharleston$29K
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.