Gregory Hickman, MD
Anesthesiology · Birmingham, ALNPI 1336130467
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $94,013 of the $133,992 with a category attached, or 70.2%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated at 38.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $60,867, 2.6 times the $23,112 reported in 2019. 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 165 payments — averaging $812.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$52K
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$34K
- Avanos Medical$24K
- Pajunk Medical Systems, LP$9K
- Clarius Mobile Health Corp.$7K
- Smith+Nephew$7K
- plus $433 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,5458%
- Speaking & faculty fees$94,01370%
- Travel & lodging$21,04416%
- Food & beverage$3,4903%
- Education$4,9004%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 80 | $52,162 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 29 | $34,133 |
| Avanos Medical | 32 | $24,337 |
| Pajunk Medical Systems, LP | 7 | $9,127 |
| Clarius Mobile Health Corp. | 4 | $7,000 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $6,800 |
| B. Braun Medical Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Eitan Medical North America, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Nanosonics, Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $62 |
| Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $47 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $17 |
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.
- EXPAREL$50,665
- Zynrelef$33,520
- ON-Q$21,061
- APONVIE$10,816
- Iovera$5,109
- Zilretta$4,691
- Anthology$4,250
- E-CATH PLUS ACC. TSUI$3,850
- ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES$2,889
- Journey II$1,275
- Journey II BCS$1,275
- Journey II CR$1,275
- JOURNEY II UK$1,275
- Journey II XR$1,275
How this compares
$133,992 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.
Other anesthesiology in Birmingham
- Alexandru VisanBirmingham$138K
- Ursula WesselmannBirmingham$33K
- Keith JonesBirmingham$26K
- Justin RoutmanBirmingham$16K
- Joshua SmithBirmingham$14K
- Prentiss LawsonBirmingham$13K
- Thomas ReganBirmingham$9K
- Christopher RacineBirmingham$4K
- Alethia SellersBirmingham$4K
- Michael SheltonBirmingham$4K
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.