Thomas Chambers, MD
Sports Medicine · Myrtle Beach, SCNPI 1972560738
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 39.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,981 and has fallen 91.7% since, to $330 in 2025.
Across 87 payments — averaging $112.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$4K
- Arthrosurface Incorporated$2K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Stryker$591
- Medacta USA, Inc.$346
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$265
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,26054%
- Food & beverage$4,49846%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 28 | $3,808 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 5 | $1,681 |
| Globus Medical | 7 | $1,484 |
| Stryker | 8 | $591 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 4 | $346 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $265 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 3 | $250 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 3 | $214 |
| Tracpatch Health, Inc | 1 | $165 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $133 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $129 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $105 |
| Orthalign Inc | 1 | $101 |
| Medline Industries LP | 4 | $91 |
| Onkos Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Amgen | 1 | $21 |
| Conformis, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $13 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $12 |
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.
- HemiCAP Shoulder$1,663
- LENS Surgical Imaging System$1,281
- Meniscal Root Repair System$1,206
- Joint Arthroplasty$1,027
- Regeneten$898
- Ultra Fast-Fix$520
- ULTRABUTTON$520
- FAST-FIX FLEX$489
- TRUNAV$489
- REVERSE SHOULDER$328
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$317
- Endobutton$309
- Clancy Anatomic Cruciate Guide$309
- Q-FIX$309
- FOOTPRINT$309
- Journey II XR$222
- TORNIER PERFORM REVERSED AUGMENTED GLENOID$175
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$175
- OVO Motion$172
- RevoMotion$172
How this compares
$9,758 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 158 sports medicine 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 | 107 | $4,345 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 59 | $3,649 |
| EliquisApixaban | 11 | $2,882 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 89 | $1,146 |
| Mupirocin | 139 | $1,098 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 148 | $742 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 216 | $562 |
| Methylprednisolone | 58 | $415 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 43 | $344 |
| Omeprazole | 73 | $334 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 104 | $327 |
| Ibuprofen | 20 | $235 |
| Cephalexin | 116 | $232 |
| Gabapentin | 24 | $192 |
| Meloxicam | 15 | $141 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Myrtle Beach
- Silas HolmesColumbia$2.2M
- Stephan PillGreenville$688K
- Steven MartinSeneca$356K
- Stefan TolanGreenville$280K
- Michael KissenberthGreenville$172K
- Guillaume DumontWest Columbia$146K
- Douglas WylandSpartanburg$124K
- Jeffrey GuyColumbia$120K
- Harris SloneCharleston$72K
- Donovan JohnsonConway$56K
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.