William Wells, MD
Facial Plastic Surgery · Lexington, SCNPI 1194799965
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $545,556 of the $658,826 with a category attached, or 82.8%. Stryker accounts for 99.9% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $281,853 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $146 in 2025.
Across 825 payments — averaging $798.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$658K
- Optinose US, Inc.$229
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$186
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$120
- Kaleo, Inc.$73
- Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC$61
- plus $231 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$545,55683%
- Travel & lodging$101,75315%
- Food & beverage$11,5172%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 777 | $657,927 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 15 | $229 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 9 | $186 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 5 | $120 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 6 | $73 |
| Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC | 2 | $61 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $48 |
| GSK | 2 | $42 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Novartis | 1 | $25 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $19 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
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.
- ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$359,635
- CLARIFIX CRYOTHERAPY DEVICE$200,206
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$190,305
- LATERA$154,433
- SCOPIS ENT$91,556
- ORTHOMAP$83,562
- SHAVER SYSTEM$49,228
- TGS GUIDEWIRE$29,063
- ENTELLUS MEDICAL REINFORCED ANESTHESIA NEEDLE$23,438
- SONOPET IQ$8,625
- CORE$8,625
- SURG - ANESTHESIA$3,750
- CLARIFIX$375
- STRYKER NAV3I$375
- ENTELLUS MEDICAL FOCESS SINUSCOPE$375
- XEROGEL NASAL/EPISTAXIS 2 PACK$375
- MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.$310
- NSE - NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT$279
- FIAGON NAVIGATION UNIT$263
- ENTELLUS - FOCESS HD WIRELESS CAMERA$251
How this compares
Too few facial plastic surgery providers in South Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 15 | $766 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 15 | $415 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 23 | $192 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other facial plastic surgery in Lexington
- David RodwellCharleston$49K
- Daniel BoxwellSeneca$7K
- Krishna PatelCharleston$6K
- John RichColumbia$4K
- Sam MeshkinfamFlorence$3K
- Daniel GerryFort Mill$2K
- Peter BondyConway$1K
- Judith SkonerCharleston$988
- Patrick AngelosCharleston$615
- Katherine HicksGreenville$455
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.