James McMurray
Urology · Huntsville, ALNPI 1003913740
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $68 of the $88 with a category attached, or 77.2%. 3 manufacturers reported payments, led by Astellas Pharma US Inc at 48.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $56 and has fallen 64.3% since, to $20 in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for urology clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $3,591.
Across 6 payments — averaging $14.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$43
- Antares Pharma, Inc.$25
- Pfizer$20
Across 342 payments — averaging $13,709 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Pfizer$4.2M
- AbbVie$458K
- GSK$25K
- Urovant Sciences Inc$560
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6877%
- Gifts$2023%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $43 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $20 |
How this compares
$88 in reported general payments places this provider in the 10th percentile of 179 urology providers in Alabama.
Other urology in Huntsville
- Jacob BrittHuntsville$14K
- Victor JiminezHuntsville$9K
- James FlattHuntsville$9K
- Joseph PettusHuntsville$7K
- Ryan BlackHuntsville$7K
- Daniel OsulaHuntsville$7K
- Thomas ChiBirmingham$463K
- Joel FunkBirmingham$347K
- Adam BaumgartenBirmingham$271K
- Brian ChristineHomewood$215K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.