Thomas Curran, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Charleston, SCNPI 1205147022
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (30.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 41.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,766 and has fallen 87.8% since, to $703 in 2025. Among colon & rectal 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 57 payments — averaging $201.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$5K
- Davol Inc.$4K
- Applied Medical Resources Corporation$693
- Solventum Corporation$306
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$282
- KCI USA, Inc.$278
- plus $2K from 11 others
Across 15 payments — averaging $13,982 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.
- Solventum Corporation$109K
- KCI USA, Inc.$101K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,50030%
- Travel & lodging$2,79524%
- Food & beverage$3,05127%
- Education$2,13719%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 25 | $4,746 |
| Davol Inc. | 4 | $3,602 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 2 | $693 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $306 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $282 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 4 | $278 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 2 | $247 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $234 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $223 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $198 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $163 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $144 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $113 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $111 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $42 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $40 |
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$4,232
- GELPOINT PATH$616
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$432
- PREVENA$415
- V.A.C. VERAFLO$306
- Echelon Flex$282
- Entyvio$234
- VAC VERAFLO$213
- Irrisept$198
- Bair Hugger$169
- 3M Ioban$169
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$144
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$144
- V.A.C. ULTA$137
- Ovitex$134
- STELARA$117
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$113
- HemoBlast Bellows$100
How this compares
$11,483 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 35 colon & rectal 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 23 | $438 |
| Gavilyte-CPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 19 | $335 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 21 | $109 |
| Metronidazole | 20 | $36 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 13 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Charleston
- Jorge Lagares-GarciaCharleston$23K
- Pinckney MaxwellCharleston$882
- Cyrus FeizpourCharleston$419
- Dean AdamsGreenville$12K
- Sidney MorrisonColumbia$11K
- Susan KnocheSummerville$9K
- Gabriel ChedisterSummerville$6K
- Anna MatrachisiaSummerville$5K
- Katherine RosenColumbia$4K
- Melissa HiteGreenville$4K
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.