Thomas Ellison, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Murrells Inlet, SCNPI 1780630574
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $891 of the $1,112 with a category attached, or 80.1%. Innovasis Inc accounts for 80.1% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $906 and has fallen 95.8% since, to $38 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $31,467.
Across 14 payments — averaging $79.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Innovasis Inc$891
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$54
- AbbVie$38
- Intrinsic Therapeutics$24
- Lilly USA, LLC$19
- Boston Scientific$17
- plus $69 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$89180%
- Food & beverage$22120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Innovasis Inc | 1 | $891 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $38 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $24 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $17 |
| Abbott | 1 | $16 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,112 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 32 orthopaedic surgery of the spine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisone | 11 | $169 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $87 |
| Lorazepam | 14 | $10 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Murrells Inlet
- Steven PolettiMt Pleasant$3M
- Donald JohnsonMt Pleasant$2.9M
- Gene MasseyMyrtle Beach$1.2M
- Rakesh ChokshiFlorence$727K
- Willie EdwardsFlorence$687K
- Ivan LamottaColumbia$299K
- Daniel ReidConway$152K
- Timothy BryanMt Pleasant$135K
- James AymondCharleston$91K
- Michael PeelleColumbia$77K
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.