Christoper Garrett, MD
Sports Medicine · Birmingham, ALNPI 1730672122
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (39.6%), speaking fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 68.5% of it on its own, with 30 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $24,441 and has fallen 50.2% since, to $12,161 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in AL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 154 payments — averaging $376.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$40K
- Smith+Nephew$6K
- Reel Surgical, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Prime Surgical, LLC$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- plus $4K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$15,00026%
- Grants$22,91740%
- Travel & lodging$2,8495%
- Food & beverage$8,15014%
- Education$9,01316%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 42 | $39,660 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $6,227 |
| Reel Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $2,400 |
| Stryker | 31 | $2,308 |
| Prime Surgical, LLC | 8 | $1,621 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 9 | $1,604 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 15 | $1,274 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $324 |
| Axogen | 3 | $275 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $271 |
| Orthalign Inc | 4 | $256 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $227 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $190 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $160 |
| Omnilife Science, Inc | 1 | $158 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $111 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $111 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $110 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $108 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $80 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Acell, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Vertex | 1 | $19 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Skeletal Dynamics 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.
- ACCOLADE$1,060
- Persona$565
- RIGIDLOOP$487
- mymobility Platform$294
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$263
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$245
- Durolane$242
- ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES$227
- DYNATAPE$194
- HEALIX KNOTLESS PEEK$194
- OMEGA$173
- Checkpoint Stimulators$160
- OMNIBotics 3.0$158
- ORTHALIGN PLUS$147
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$143
- Journey II$143
- EVOS$132
- ALTEON$121
- GAMMA$120
- PICO$119
How this compares
$57,929 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 108 sports 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 33 | $748 |
| Methocarbamol | 27 | $394 |
| Meloxicam | 35 | $203 |
| Gabapentin | 29 | $159 |
| Cefadroxil | 19 | $100 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 28 | $77 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Birmingham
- Edward CainBirmingham$12.7M
- Mark RogersBirmingham$94K
- Amit MomayaBirmingham$77K
- Reaves CrabtreeBirmingham$47K
- David AdkisonBirmingham$46K
- Amir ShahienBirmingham$45K
- Christopher CarterBirmingham$42K
- Christian MerrillBirmingham$40K
- Thomas EvelyBirmingham$34K
- Aaron JoinerBirmingham$32K
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.