Adam Beck, MD
Surgery · Birmingham, ALNPI 1578570545
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (37.1%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 14 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.7%. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,431 and has fallen 66.6% since, to $1,481 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in AL 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 109 payments — averaging $153.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$4K
- Endologix LLC$3K
- Cook Medical LLC$3K
- Cook Incorporated$3K
- Artivion, Inc.$1K
- Shape Memory Medical Inc.$624
- plus $2K from 8 others
Across 76 payments — averaging $8146.11 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.
- Cook Research Incorporated$407K
- Medtronic$93K
- Philips North America LLC$64K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$39K
- Shape Memory Medical Inc.$16K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,50033%
- Grants$620%
- Travel & lodging$4,93730%
- Food & beverage$6,19937%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 25 | $3,784 |
| Endologix LLC | 3 | $3,341 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 39 | $3,098 |
| Cook Incorporated | 4 | $2,506 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 6 | $1,004 |
| Shape Memory Medical Inc. | 2 | $624 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 5 | $594 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 9 | $559 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $453 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $429 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 3 | $206 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $36 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Zenith Alpha$2,535
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,539
- Cook Medical Zenith$1,500
- IMPEDE EMBOLIZATION PLUG$624
- VASCULAR$571
- Product in Development$512
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$492
- Da Vinci Surgical System$442
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$407
- AZUR$396
- Jotec Products$362
- Zenith Spiral-Z$330
- ELUVIA$308
- Navicross$262
- GlideWire$262
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$166
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$163
- Endurant$144
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$144
- GENERAL METALLIC STENTS$139
How this compares
$16,697 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 382 surgery providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 93 | $73,185 |
| EliquisApixaban | 47 | $27,891 |
| Pregabalin | 13 | $2,862 |
| Bupropion Hcl SrBupropion Hcl | 51 | $1,485 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 142 | $1,111 |
| Gabapentin | 51 | $608 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 40 | $456 |
| Cilostazol | 20 | $392 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 19 | $238 |
| Minocycline Hcl | 11 | $182 |
| Penicillin V Potassium | 12 | $141 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | 12 | $115 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 31 | $100 |
| Methylprednisolone | 17 | $81 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Birmingham
- Cameron AskewBirmingham$236K
- John TouliatosBirmingham$75K
- Jayme LockeBirmingham$63K
- Eric DuboisBirmingham$36K
- Sherry MeltonBirmingham$29K
- Wesley DesselleBirmingham$21K
- Boris KiriazovBirmingham$17K
- Kristen WongBirmingham$11K
- Cynthia HlavacekBirmingham$9K
- Naveen SinganamalaBirmingham$9K
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.