James Methvin, DO
Surgery · Starkville, MSNPI 1770535734
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $10,100 of the $11,430 with a category attached, or 88.4%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 94.3% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $10,579 and has fallen 98.8% since, to $122 in 2025.
Across 43 payments — averaging $265.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$11K
- Kerecis Limited$146
- Davol Inc.$108
- Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.$92
- Smith+Nephew$84
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$58
- plus $164 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1852%
- Food & beverage$1,14510%
- Education$10,10088%
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 | 17 | $10,779 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $146 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $108 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 5 | $92 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $84 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Stryker | 1 | $38 |
| Ivantis, Inc | 1 | $35 |
| Vertex | 1 | $21 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $17 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $11 |
| Medela 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$10,312
- BD MAX$108
How this compares
$11,430 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 223 surgery providers in Mississippi.
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 | 29 | $1,914 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 18 | $294 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 54 | $216 |
| Anastrozole | 11 | $62 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 11 | $48 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Starkville
- Daryl GuestStarkville$9K
- David BaileyGulfport$491K
- Daniel ForeSouthaven$254K
- Jason WilliamsOcean Springs$106K
- Laura VickJackson$77K
- Juvonda HodgeJackson$77K
- Richard McAdoryTupelo$39K
- Andy HolleyCorinth$38K
- Terry PinsonTupelo$35K
- Jonathan CarrollJackson$33K
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.