James Smith
Endodontics · Birmingham, ALNPI 1679662126
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $281,601 of the $451,502 with a category attached, or 62.4%. Sonendo Inc accounts for 99.9% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $98,373 and has fallen 95.4% since, to $4,561 in 2025. Among endodontics 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 485 payments — averaging $930.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sonendo Inc$451K
- A-dec, Inc.$260
- Nusmile, Ltd.$129
Across 15 payments — averaging $6707.00 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.
- Sonendo Inc$101K
Across 7 payments — averaging $0.34 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Sonendo Inc$2
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$281,60162%
- Speaking & faculty fees$63,79514%
- Travel & lodging$89,86420%
- Food & beverage$15,6463%
- Education$1280%
- Gifts$4680%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sonendo Inc | 482 | $451,114 |
| A-dec, Inc. | 2 | $260 |
| Nusmile, Ltd. | 1 | $129 |
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
$451,502 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 52 endodontics providers in Alabama.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 83 | $307 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 24 | $155 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $110 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 27 | $71 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other endodontics in Birmingham
- Stephen ThomasBirmingham$13K
- William CatanzaroBirmingham$2K
- David ClantonBirmingham$1K
- Ashraf FouadBirmingham$1K
- Viet VoBirmingham$1K
- John CollierBirmingham$613
- Kristina HopkinsBirmingham$119
- Vanessa ReuterBirmingham$85
- Chris JebelesBirmingham$62
- Kimberly McGowenBirmingham$61
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.