Stephen Savage, MD
Urology · Charleston, SCNPI 1669428553
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.0%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Janssen Research & Development, LLC at 36.4% of the total. Among urology 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 109 payments — averaging $291.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$12K
- Intuitive Surgical$8K
- Merck$4K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Medtronic$1K
- Tempus AI, Inc$904
- plus $3K from 16 others
Across 241 payments — averaging $8575.20 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.
- Merck$1.6M
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$388K
- AstraZeneca$58K
- Bayer$26K
- Ferring International Pharmascience Center US$15K
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals AS$13K
- plus $10K from 1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 17 | $11,568 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 21 | $7,993 |
| Merck | 1 | $4,360 |
| 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
$31,792 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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.
Other urology in Charleston
- Sandip PrasadCharleston$177K
- Ian MarshallCharleston$60K
- Thomas KeaneCharleston$52K
- Matvey TsivianCharleston$18K
- John BrittonCharleston$15K
- John AdamsCharleston$15K
- Bradley SteeleCharleston$12K
- Alexander RamsayCharleston$10K
- Mark BuchananCharleston$8K
- Daniel FurlongCharleston$7K
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.