Clayton Newell, MD
Anesthesiology · Huntsville, ALNPI 1003304288
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 54.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $6,900 and has fallen 72.0% since, to $1,930 in 2025. Among anesthesiology 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 189 payments — averaging $88.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$9K
- Medtronic$5K
- Abbott$943
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$437
- Si-bone, Inc.$172
- Curonix LLC$145
- plus $536 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,02742%
- Food & beverage$9,60758%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 103 | $9,091 |
| Medtronic | 51 | $5,309 |
| Abbott | 11 | $943 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 5 | $437 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $172 |
| Curonix LLC | 3 | $145 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $121 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $88 |
| Merck | 5 | $70 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $50 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Vertex | 1 | $21 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $21 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
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.
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$2,350
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$2,300
- SYNCHROMEDII$1,670
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,239
- PROCLAIM$732
- Prospera$424
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$400
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$122
- INTELLIS$122
- Senza$121
How this compares
$16,634 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 484 anesthesiology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 526 | $7,861 |
| Buprenorphine | 23 | $7,841 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 281 | $5,738 |
| Gabapentin | 300 | $3,157 |
| Pregabalin | 165 | $2,842 |
| Nabumetone | 51 | $579 |
| Baclofen | 57 | $478 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 61 | $452 |
| Tramadol Hcl-AcetaminophenTramadol Hcl/Acetaminophen | 45 | $443 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 34 | $364 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 20 | $361 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 15 | $309 |
| Meloxicam | 69 | $262 |
| Methocarbamol | 34 | $195 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 19 | $113 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Huntsville
- Leslie FletcherHuntsville$35K
- Anthony MassollHuntsville$7K
- Randall BuschHuntsville$2K
- Matthew CullingHuntsville$2K
- Allen CampbellHuntsville$971
- Eric MurrayHuntsville$773
- William HassHuntsville$599
- Alexandru VisanBirmingham$138K
- Gregory HickmanBirmingham$134K
- Ursula WesselmannBirmingham$33K
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.