Graham Mercier, MD
Surgery · Athens, GANPI 1730604331
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 53.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,194 and has fallen 88.5% since, to $137 in 2025.
Across 28 payments — averaging $88.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- KCI USA, Inc.$231
- Medtronic$172
- Kerecis Limited$144
- Atricure, Inc.$119
- Mozarc Medical US LLC$107
- plus $372 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,47460%
- Education$1,00040%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 9 | $1,329 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $231 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $172 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $144 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Mozarc Medical US LLC | 3 | $107 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $107 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $70 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $28 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $21 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $13 |
| ETS Wound Care LLC | 1 | $9 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$1,000
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$432
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$144
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$144
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$119
- V.A.C. DERMATAC$117
- V.A.C. VERAFLO$117
- PREVENA$113
- VAC VERAFLO$113
- PICO$107
- RENASYS TOUCH$107
- Da Vinci Surgical System$100
How this compares
$2,474 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 855 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 14 | $999 |
| Ursodiol | 11 | $484 |
| Methocarbamol | 31 | $231 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 14 | $127 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 26 | $108 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 45 | $108 |
| Ibuprofen | 33 | $92 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Athens
- Eric BourAthens$84K
- Chad CopperGainesville$999K
- Zachary KlaassenAugusta$763K
- Stephen OdomAustell$599K
- Fritz Jean-PierreMarietta$464K
- Kendra GrubbAtlanta$374K
- Harry LightfootSmyrna$241K
- Oliver WhippleSavannah$222K
- Nelson RoyallGainesville$220K
- Ankit PatelAtlanta$217K
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.