Andrew Mitchell, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Huntsville, ALNPI 1669855466
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (37.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 82.9% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,939 and has fallen 80.5% since, to $769 in 2025.
Across 60 payments — averaging $134.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- Abiomed$601
- Medtronic$218
- Stryker$135
- Covidien LP$89
- Kerecis Limited$60
- plus $275 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,93637%
- Food & beverage$2,01825%
- Education$3,00037%
- Gifts$881%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 24 | $6,664 |
| Abiomed | 8 | $601 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $218 |
| Stryker | 1 | $135 |
| Covidien LP | 2 | $89 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $60 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $37 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $33 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $23 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $21 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $16 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$5,151
- DAVINCI XI$1,000
- SPY-PHI SYSTEM$135
How this compares
Too few colon & rectal surgery providers in Alabamato 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neomycin Sulfate | 30 | $168 |
| Metronidazole | 36 | $129 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 25 | $83 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 30 | $63 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Huntsville
- Javad GolzarianHuntsville$8K
- Stephen ClarkHuntsville$8K
- Blake SpindlerHuntsville$6K
- Robert CampbellHuntsville$1K
- William NuessleHuntsville$34
- Isaac PayneMobile$163K
- Paul RiderMobile$37K
- John HunterMobile$33K
- Gregory KennedyBirmingham$21K
- Rachel SaboBirmingham$8K
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.