James Ray, MD
Surgery · Maryville, TNNPI 1871590943
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 60 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 33.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $574 and has fallen 66.6% since, to $191 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for surgery clinicians in TN, where the typical reported total is $1,847.
Across 60 payments — averaging $37.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$761
- Intra-sana Laboratories$264
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$147
- Organogenesis Inc.$132
- Davol Inc.$131
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$128
- plus $679 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,241100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $761 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 10 | $264 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 7 | $132 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $131 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 7 | $128 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $102 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $80 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $73 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $60 |
| Kvk-tech, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Immedica Pharma US, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Vertex | 1 | $17 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $17 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
How this compares
$2,241 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 516 surgery providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 34 | $164 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 20 | $89 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Maryville
- Heath BroussardJackson$688K
- Eric WallaceCookeville$529K
- John RobertsonJohnson City$432K
- Jaime Ponce-PortugalChattanooga$412K
- Evelio RodriguezNashville$362K
- Mathew NinanNashville$298K
- Joseph BroucekNashville$262K
- Linda HanGermantown$252K
- Myron StokesCordova$240K
- Kenneth CutshallJohnson City$210K
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.