William Pullen, MD
Sports Medicine · Charleston, SCNPI 1679868798
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $42,082 of the $47,678 with a category attached, or 88.3%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 49.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $24,950 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $14 in 2025. Among sports medicine 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 92 payments — averaging $518.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$23K
- Evolution Surgical, Inc$11K
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$8K
- Arthrex$3K
- Medtronic$1K
- Stryker$444
- plus $282 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,5768%
- Food & beverage$2,0204%
- Education$42,08288%
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 | 15 | $23,412 |
| Evolution Surgical, Inc | 15 | $11,154 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 14 | $7,547 |
| Arthrex | 21 | $3,473 |
| Medtronic | 15 | $1,365 |
| Stryker | 6 | $444 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $135 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $91 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $25 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $14 |
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.
- ULTRABUTTON$938
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$888
- GTS System$835
- Coblator II$835
- NOVOSTITCH PRO$835
- TRUNAV$835
- LENS$835
- INSPACE$357
- NA$135
- REGENETEN Shoulder$109
- Hip Positioning System$104
- Hip Pac$104
- Hipstruments$104
How this compares
$47,678 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 12 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Charleston
- Harris SloneCharleston$72K
- Shelli CiandellaCharleston$11K
- Eric StemCharleston$6K
- Eugene HongCharleston$3K
- Silas HolmesColumbia$2.2M
- Stephan PillGreenville$688K
- Steven MartinSeneca$356K
- Stefan TolanGreenville$280K
- Michael KissenberthGreenville$172K
- Guillaume DumontWest Columbia$146K
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.