Douglas Pahl, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Columbus, GANPI 1841257136
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 86 payments — averaging $219.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$9K
- Spineology Inc.$2K
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$2K
- Nanovis LLC$2K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$1K
- Synthes GmbH$500
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,80041%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5003%
- Travel & lodging$4,90126%
- Food & beverage$5,68430%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 9 | $9,459 |
| Spineology Inc. | 15 | $2,411 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 10 | $2,087 |
| Nanovis LLC | 11 | $1,825 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 10 | $1,165 |
| Synthes GmbH | 1 | $500 |
| Stryker | 7 | $445 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $256 |
| Globus Medical | 4 | $158 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $122 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $111 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $78 |
| DJO, LLC | 3 | $54 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $50 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| CGG Medical Inc | 1 | $37 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $25 |
| Amgen | 1 | $23 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Prospera$9,169
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$1,875
- Regatta$1,667
- Mariner$1,003
- Mariner MIS$802
- Explorer TO$802
- Firebird SI Navigation System$716
- NorthStar OCT$445
- TRIATHLON$169
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$141
- MACI$122
- AVS NAVIGATOR$117
- Teligen$111
How this compares
$18,885 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 654 orthopaedic surgery providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 261 | $4,996 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 260 | $2,990 |
| Gabapentin | 331 | $2,547 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 485 | $2,056 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 171 | $1,801 |
| Lidocaine | 18 | $1,425 |
| Methylprednisolone | 154 | $1,011 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 30 | $484 |
| Meloxicam | 63 | $189 |
| Celecoxib | 12 | $134 |
| Methocarbamol | 11 | $80 |
| Diazepam | 30 | $39 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 20 | $39 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 20 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Columbus
- John DorchakColumbus$3.8M
- John BurkusColumbus$600K
- Tamara HuffColumbus$158K
- Charles DecookCumming$48.3M
- Ormonde MahoneyAthens$10.8M
- Daxes BanitWarner Robins$5.7M
- Daniel SilcoxAtlanta$3.4M
- Dennis DevitoAtlanta$1.5M
- George GuildCumming$1.4M
- Jon MinterAlpharetta$1.4M
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.