Sumeer Lal, MD
Neurological Surgery · Greenwood, SCNPI 1588743330
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $50,500 of the $65,016 with a category attached, or 77.7%. Si-bone, Inc. accounts for 86.7% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $32,906 and has fallen 98.9% since, to $376 in 2025. Among neurological surgery 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 168 payments — averaging $387.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Si-bone, Inc.$56K
- Medtronic$7K
- Stryker$1K
- Boston Scientific$532
- Abbott$118
- Bioventus LLC$70
- plus $183 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$50,50078%
- Travel & lodging$7,99912%
- Food & beverage$6,39510%
- Education$1220%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Si-bone, Inc. | 68 | $56,342 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 78 | $6,630 |
| Stryker | 8 | $1,141 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $532 |
| Abbott | 2 | $118 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $70 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $63 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 1 | $5 |
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.
- iFuse Implant$42,791
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$12,480
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$1,418
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,045
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$755
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$492
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$242
- AERO-LL$175
- AIRO$138
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$119
- ELEVATE$106
- INCEPTIV$104
- Prodigy Family of SCS IPGs$100
How this compares
$65,016 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 114 neurological 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 71 | $473 |
| Gabapentin | 29 | $411 |
| Pregabalin | 22 | $385 |
| Baclofen | 16 | $326 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 57 | $314 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Greenwood
- Michael KilburnGreenwood$10K
- Alejandro SpiottaCharleston$894K
- David JonesRock Hill$540K
- Sabino DagostinoLadson$425K
- Jan Vargas MachajGreenville$207K
- Michael CowanRock Hill$184K
- Jonathan LenaCharleston$110K
- Adam BackSpartanburg$99K
- Matthew NealCharleston$65K
- Eugene GiddensMyrtle Beach$48K
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.