Stephen Savage, MD
Urology · Charleston, SCNPI 1669428553
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 350 payments — averaging $5995.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$1.6M
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$399K
- AstraZeneca$58K
- Bayer$26K
- Ferring International Pharmascience Center US$15K
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals AS$13K
- plus $26K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,57349%
- Travel & lodging$5,49317%
- Food & beverage$6,72621%
- Education$4,00013%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 52 | $1,560,667 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 162 | $399,345 |
| AstraZeneca | 11 | $58,017 |
| Bayer | 16 | $25,797 |
| Ferring International Pharmascience Center US | 7 | $15,298 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals AS | 10 | $13,318 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $10,110 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 21 | $7,993 |
| Boston Scientific | 36 | $3,148 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $1,262 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 3 | $904 |
| Lumenis, Inc | 4 | $617 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 3 | $494 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $206 |
| Calyxo, Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $105 |
| Agiliti Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $96 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $95 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $94 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $90 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $82 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$7,533
- LithoVue$855
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$640
- AQUABEAM SYSTEM$362
- CVAC Aspiration System$144
- Moses$144
- AquaBeam Robotic System$131
- LITHOVUE EMPOWER$131
- GENERAL BPH$129
- Gateway Advantage$124
- Nanoknife$119
- (815) Thiola$117
- JEVTANA$105
- ADSTILADRIN$102
- Sonablate HIFU$101
- Siemens Healthineers Varian CryoCare$101
- Boston Scientific Lumenis Pulse 120H Holmium Laser w/ MOSES Technology$101
- Olympus SOLTIVE TFL Laser$101
- Quanta System Fiber Dust TFL Laser$101
How this compares
$2,098,415 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 196 urology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Thiola EcTiopronin | 12 | $91,851 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 57 | $34,809 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 12 | $14,415 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 39 | $4,987 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 277 | $4,110 |
| Finasteride | 186 | $2,412 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 32 | $1,984 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 23 | $562 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 19 | $372 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 62 | $174 |
| Allopurinol | 11 | $136 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $42 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 11 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $10,110 | $14,41512 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 196 urology providers in South Carolina.
Other urology in Charleston
- Sandip PrasadCharleston$2.4M
- Thomas KeaneCharleston$281K
- Matvey TsivianCharleston$101K
- Robert GrubbCharleston$90K
- Paul WombleCharleston$88K
- Ian MarshallCharleston$60K
- John BrittonCharleston$15K
- John AdamsCharleston$15K
- Bradley SteeleCharleston$12K
- Alexander RamsayCharleston$10K
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.