Charles Carnel, MD
Pain Medicine · Birmingham, ALNPI 1023228624
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 48 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 35.6% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for pain medicine clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $1,761.
Across 48 payments — averaging $41.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$701
- Medtronic$398
- Cerapedics Inc.$142
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$136
- Abbott$115
- Convatec Inc.$86
- plus $391 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,968100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 8 | $701 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 17 | $398 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 2 | $136 |
| Abbott | 2 | $115 |
| Convatec Inc. | 4 | $86 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $77 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $43 |
| Vertex | 2 | $39 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $25 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $21 |
| BD | 1 | $20 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Boston Scientific | 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.
How this compares
$1,968 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 77 pain medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 278 | $2,424 |
| Pregabalin | 44 | $2,299 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 177 | $789 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 75 | $698 |
| Buprenorphine | 13 | $613 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 157 | $415 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 22 | $400 |
| Meloxicam | 73 | $236 |
| Lorazepam | 37 | $30 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Birmingham
- Christopher PaulBirmingham$64K
- Joseph Roland FrenetteBirmingham$7K
- Brandon BrooksBirmingham$5K
- Jason NoltBirmingham$4K
- Lisa HumphriesBirmingham$3K
- Edwin KelseyBirmingham$2K
- Chad AustinBirmingham$1K
- Kara BurnsBirmingham$1K
- Kyle GlasserBirmingham$1K
- Lisa ColumbiaBirmingham$400
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.