Gregory McDonald, MD
Surgery · Cartersville, GANPI 1689736456
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 29 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 9 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $253 and has fallen 83.1% since, to $43 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for surgery clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $1,913.
Across 29 payments — averaging $28.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Davol Inc.$172
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$149
- Johnson & Johnson$148
- Stryker$136
- Sirius Medical Systems$87
- Intuitive Surgical$76
- plus $55 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$825100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Davol Inc. | 7 | $172 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $149 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $148 |
| Stryker | 2 | $136 |
| Sirius Medical Systems | 1 | $87 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $76 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| BD | 1 | $18 |
How this compares
$825 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 53 | $307 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 11 | $296 |
| Omeprazole | 32 | $271 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Cartersville
- 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
- Kevin NguyenAtlanta$161K
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.