John Curtis, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Bessemer, ALNPI 1487622031
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 73 payments — averaging $101.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Encore Medical, LP$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$301
- Ortho Development Corporation$277
- Smith+Nephew$165
- Prime Surgical, LLC$124
- plus $1K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,80065%
- Travel & lodging$1963%
- Food & beverage$2,37932%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 2 | $3,063 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 5 | $2,337 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 11 | $301 |
| Ortho Development Corporation | 2 | $277 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $165 |
| Prime Surgical, LLC | 1 | $124 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $106 |
| US Implant Solutions, LLC | 1 | $105 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $104 |
| Amgen | 4 | $102 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $91 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 2 | $85 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $30 |
| ERMI LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Kinex Medical Company LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Vertex | 1 | $22 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $20 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 2 | $17 |
| Atland Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Abbott | 1 | $14 |
| Orexo US, 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.
- DJO SURGICAL$1,800
- BKS TriMax$196
- Balanced Knee System$196
- DJO Surgical EPIK Uni Knee$171
How this compares
$7,375 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 319 orthopaedic surgery providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Desoximetasone | 12 | $5,400 |
| EliquisApixaban | 17 | $5,374 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 47 | $4,729 |
| Meloxicam | 630 | $3,011 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 11 | $2,769 |
| Allopurinol | 30 | $2,453 |
| Halobetasol Propionate | 11 | $2,437 |
| Tranexamic Acid | 22 | $1,265 |
| Celecoxib | 130 | $1,219 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 92 | $784 |
| Methylprednisolone | 69 | $644 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 62 | $441 |
| Ibuprofen | 20 | $373 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 25 | $298 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 16 | $258 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $106 | $5,37417 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $301 | $2,76911 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 65th percentile of 319 orthopaedic surgery providers in Alabama.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Bessemer
- Jeffrey DugasBirmingham$11.7M
- Benton EmblomBirmingham$3.1M
- James SmithGadsden$2.7M
- Herrick SiegelBirmingham$1.3M
- Paul CanaleDaphne$609K
- Kenneth MooreBirmingham$342K
- Jeffrey DavisBirmingham$293K
- Joseph SherrillBirmingham$221K
- Jonathan QuadeBirmingham$219K
- Lawrence LemakVestavia$216K
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.