Dr. Brent Ponce, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery Charleston, SC Male
NPI: 1659358091
Total Payments
$960,975
2024 Payments
$178,783
Companies
19
Transactions
573
Medicare Patients
1,996
Medicare Billing
$231,974

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$421,809 (43.9%)
Royalty/License$385,755 (40.1%)
Research$58,857 (6.1%)
Other$41,871 (4.4%)
Travel$40,857 (4.3%)
Food & Beverage$9,476 (1.0%)
Education$2,351 (0.2%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $421,809 129 43.9%
Royalty or License $385,755 47 40.1%
Unspecified $58,857 46 6.1%
Travel and Lodging $40,857 134 4.3%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $31,800 18 3.3%
Food and Beverage $9,476 186 1.0%
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program $7,571 7 0.8%
Honoraria $2,500 1 0.3%
Education $2,351 5 0.2%

Payments by Type

General
$902,118
527 transactions
Research
$58,857
46 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Wright Medical Technology, Inc. $440,520 241 $0 (2020)
Stryker Corporation $381,870 171 $0 (2024)
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $102,167 71 $0 (2024)
Synthes GmbH $15,366 20 $0 (2024)
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $6,041 22 $0 (2020)
CGG Medical Inc $4,135 3 $0 (2023)
PRIME SURGICAL, LLC $2,999 9 $0 (2020)
FIDIA PHARMA USA INC. $2,862 2 $0 (2019)
ACUMED LLC $2,293 8 $0 (2018)
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $1,755 2 $0 (2019)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $178,783 53 Stryker Corporation ($104,876)
2023 $132,480 66 Stryker Corporation ($119,059)
2022 $80,167 55 Stryker Corporation ($58,985)
2021 $42,989 45 Stryker Corporation ($29,480)
2020 $81,233 56 Stryker Corporation ($42,660)
2019 $155,424 135 Wright Medical Technology, Inc. ($122,786)
2018 $229,060 66 WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. ($225,363)
2017 $60,838 97 Wright Medical Technology, Inc. ($60,510)

All Payment Transactions

573 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 23

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
11/26/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. AETOS Shoulder System (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $15,479.55 General
Category: Recon Shoulders or Extremity, Upper
11/24/2024 Synthes GmbH — Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $1,159.88 General
11/24/2024 Synthes GmbH — Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $551.63 General
11/24/2024 Synthes GmbH — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $150.00 General
11/05/2024 Stryker Corporation ORTHOLOC 3DI (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $17,465.20 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
11/05/2024 Stryker Corporation ORTHOLOC 3DI (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $355.38 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
10/04/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) — Cash or cash equivalent $750.00 Research
Study: MAKO SHOULDER • Category: KNEES, HIPS
10/04/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) — Cash or cash equivalent $500.00 Research
Study: MAKO SHOULDER • Category: KNEES, HIPS
10/04/2024 Stryker Corporation TRIATHLON (Device), MAKO — Cash or cash equivalent $250.00 Research
Study: MAKO SHOULDER • Category: KNEES
09/26/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,000.00 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
09/26/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $750.00 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
09/26/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $500.00 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
09/24/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. — Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $2,500.00 General
09/19/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. AETOS Shoulder System (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $650.00 General
Category: Recon Shoulders or Extremity, Upper
09/19/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. AETOS Shoulder System (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $650.00 General
Category: Recon Shoulders or Extremity, Upper
09/19/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. AETOS Shoulder System (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $650.00 General
Category: Recon Shoulders or Extremity, Upper
09/19/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. AETOS Shoulder System (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $500.00 General
Category: Recon Shoulders or Extremity, Upper
09/19/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. AETOS Shoulder System (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $250.00 General
Category: Recon Shoulders or Extremity, Upper
09/06/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $13,490.00 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
09/06/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $111.22 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
09/06/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $40.00 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
08/29/2024 Synthes GmbH — Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Cash or cash equivalent $750.00 General
08/27/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. AETOS Shoulder System (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $16,779.43 General
Category: Recon Shoulders or Extremity, Upper
07/29/2024 Stryker Corporation ORTHOLOC 3DI (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $20,958.41 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
07/29/2024 Stryker Corporation ORTHOLOC 3DI (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $581.39 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
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Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Company Amount Records
MAKO 4 Stryker Corporation $20,375 2
Humeral Nail Wright Medical Technology, Inc. $20,200 17
Humeral Plate Wright Medical Technology, Inc. $9,760 18
T-TSS-003 Integra LifeSciences Corporation $4,760 1
MAKO SHOULDER Stryker Corporation $1,500 3
R&D Study Wright Medical Technology, Inc. $593.91 1
Perform Reverse PSI Wright Medical Technology, Inc. $586.24 1
Stemless Convertible Wright Medical Technology, Inc. $582.24 1
Pyrocarbon IDE Study Wright Medical Technology, Inc. $500.00 2

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 16 828 1,028 $545,337 $88,750
2022 17 591 822 $397,203 $69,798
2021 8 289 337 $154,605 $31,839
2020 6 288 328 $200,632 $41,586
Total Patients
1,996
Total Services
2,515
Medicare Billing
$231,974
Procedure Codes
47

All Medicare Procedures & Services

47 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
23472 Prosthetic repair of shoulder joint, total shoulder Facility 2023 47 47 $251,260 $28,742 11.4%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 156 197 $66,887 $16,959 25.4%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 120 120 $59,092 $12,949 21.9%
29827 Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope Facility 2023 11 11 $60,163 $7,569 12.6%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 85 108 $25,759 $6,590 25.6%
73030 X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views Office 2023 137 210 $31,346 $4,688 15.0%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2023 72 85 $17,840 $4,071 22.8%
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes Facility 2023 23 23 $7,215 $2,280 31.6%
73564 X-ray of knee, 4 or more views Office 2023 48 56 $8,989 $1,647 18.3%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2023 13 13 $4,619 $1,003 21.7%
73502 X-ray of hip, 2-3 views Office 2023 13 21 $2,545 $555.87 21.8%
73110 X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views Office 2023 12 19 $2,922 $529.20 18.1%
J1030 Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg Office 2023 57 72 $2,160 $427.98 19.8%
73060 X-ray of upper arm, minimum of 2 views Office 2023 12 18 $2,240 $318.48 14.2%
73080 X-ray of elbow, minimum of 3 views Office 2023 11 13 $1,700 $288.90 17.0%
J1040 Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg Office 2023 11 15 $600.00 $131.98 22.0%
23472 Prosthetic repair of shoulder joint, total shoulder Facility 2022 44 44 $159,742 $28,557 17.9%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 78 78 $43,446 $7,966 18.3%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 91 117 $29,484 $7,477 25.4%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 66 77 $28,373 $6,528 23.0%
20670 Removal of surface implant from bone Office 2022 17 17 $29,767 $4,243 14.3%
73030 X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views Office 2022 86 158 $24,473 $3,819 15.6%
23430 Anchoring of biceps tendon Facility 2022 12 12 $44,424 $3,744 8.4%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2022 49 59 $13,600 $2,725 20.0%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2022 21 21 $7,602 $1,587 20.9%
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About Dr. Brent Ponce, MD

Dr. Brent Ponce, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Charleston, South Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 12/28/2005. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1659358091.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Brent Ponce, MD has received a total of $960,975 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $178,783 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 573 transactions from 19 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($421,809).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Ponce has provided services to 1,996 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 2,515 services with total Medicare billing of $231,974. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 47 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Other Specialties Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Location Charleston, SC
  • Active Since 12/28/2005
  • Last Updated 09/25/2025
  • Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1659358091

Products in Payments

  • ORTHOLOC 3DI (Device) $241,341
  • ORTHOLOC (Device) $212,507
  • MAKO (Device) $122,586
  • INFINITY (Device) $81,774
  • AETOS Shoulder System (Device) $69,261
  • SIMPLICITI (Device) $51,722
  • R&D UPPER EXT (Device) $31,645
  • BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM (Device) $26,394
  • APPROACH (Device) $14,276
  • AEQUALIS (Device) $13,614
  • REUNION (Device) $6,943
  • R&D EXTREMITIES (Device) $6,095
  • TITAN-SHOULDER (Device) $4,790
  • Hymovis (Device) $2,862
  • PERFORM GLENOID (Device) $2,400
  • VISUALIZATION (Device) $1,755
  • TITAN Shoulder (Device) $1,625
  • TRIATHLON (Device) $1,500
  • ARIA (Device) $1,475
  • SALTO TALARIS TOTAL ANKLE PROSTHESIS (Device) $708.37

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Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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