Artemus Cox
Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck · Birmingham, ALNPI 1417990169
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 51 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Integra Lifesciences Corporation at 29.3% of the total.
Across 51 payments — averaging $91.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Smith+Nephew$663
- Aerin Medical Inc.$444
- Osiris Therapeutics Inc.$223
- Polarityte, Inc.$201
- plus $644 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,668100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 11 | $1,365 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 11 | $1,127 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $663 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 3 | $444 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 4 | $223 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 3 | $201 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $175 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 3 | $154 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $149 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 3 | $106 |
| Mauna Kea Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $10 |
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.
- INTEGRA$1,487
- OMNIGRAFT$743
- SURGIMEND$743
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$743
- Stravix$515
- DuraSorb Monofilament Mesh$275
- Grafix PL PRIME$274
- NATRELLE$271
- BOTOX COSMETIC$262
- GRAFIX PL$236
- VIVAER STYLUS$197
- RHINAER STYLUS$197
- Matriderm$175
- Acclarent Aera$154
- Inspira Air$154
- RELIEVA SPINPLUS NAV$154
- TruDi Probe$154
- ALLODERM$137
- Grafix$125
- GrafixPL$125
How this compares
Too few plastic surgery within the head & neck 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluticasone Propionate | 15 | $182 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery within the head & neck in Birmingham
- Harishanker JeyarajanBirmingham$150K
- Susan McCammonBirmingham$482
- Glenn PetersBirmingham$132
- Scott AsherDothan$2K
- Beau VandiverMountain Brk$2K
- Blake RaggioMontgomery$980
- Ed McColloughGulf Shores$471
- Frederick SilverMobile$13
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.