James West, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Mobile, ALNPI 1679521785
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by ownership interests: $23,342 of the $24,997 with a category attached, or 93.4%. S. Alabama Surgical Services, LLC accounts for 93.4% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $23,887 and has fallen 97.3% since, to $640 in 2025.
Across 26 payments — averaging $961.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- S. Alabama Surgical Services, LLC$23K
- Atricure, Inc.$680
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$234
- Medtronic$231
- Organogenesis Inc.$125
- Misonix Inc$122
- plus $263 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1220%
- Travel & lodging$1731%
- Food & beverage$1,3605%
- Ownership interest$23,34293%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| S. Alabama Surgical Services, LLC | 1 | $23,342 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 8 | $680 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 2 | $234 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $231 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $122 |
| Covidien LP | 2 | $74 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $18 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $17 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $11 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$514
- Medical Devices$202
- CAPSTONE$173
- Medical Device$134
- Apligraf$125
- Dermagraft$125
- Puraply/Affinity/NuTech$125
- TheraSkin$122
How this compares
$24,997 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 20 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Alabama.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 518 | $10,158 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 41 | $916 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 185 | $729 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 173 | $727 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 79 | $655 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 60 | $596 |
| Meloxicam | 159 | $522 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 60 | $406 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 93 | $394 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 66 | $260 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 21 | $101 |
| Methylprednisolone | 14 | $94 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $83 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Mobile
- Todd VolkmanMobile$34K
- Bendt PetersenMobile$30K
- Asra ToobaieMobile$9K
- Javier RetoHuntsville$768K
- Timothy HoltMontgomery$478K
- Timothy BassettTuscaloosa$291K
- Phillip KravetzCullman$224K
- Charles GordonDaphne$208K
- Larry ParkerHuntsville$136K
- Morris SeymourHuntsville$9K
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.