Jonathan Isbell, MD
Sports Medicine · Hoover, ALNPI 1588018477
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (54.9%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 39.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $37,676 and has fallen 95.2% since, to $1,799 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in AL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 110 payments — averaging $499.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$22K
- Smith+Nephew$12K
- Acumed LLC$7K
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$5K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- plus $4K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,0092%
- Grants$30,16755%
- Travel & lodging$1,4943%
- Food & beverage$3,4276%
- Education$18,86734%
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 | 18 | $21,834 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $12,011 |
| Acumed LLC | 3 | $7,025 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 6 | $4,943 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $3,500 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 15 | $1,443 |
| Prime Surgical, LLC | 3 | $1,383 |
| Linkbio Corp | 1 | $1,009 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 12 | $711 |
| Stryker | 7 | $345 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 10 | $165 |
| Bioventus LLC | 6 | $161 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $121 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $59 |
| Avanos Medical | 3 | $55 |
| Orthogrid Systems Inc | 2 | $43 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $37 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $16 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Avenir$1,082
- ACUMED$1,076
- KVAC$144
- N/A$143
- INTEllIO LINK WEREWOLF$143
- NANOTACK FLEX$139
- XCELL$128
- Versalok Orthocord$125
- TFN-Advance$122
- Vivigen MIS Delivery System$103
- NA$100
How this compares
$54,963 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 108 sports medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 109 | $2,010 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 62 | $823 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 40 | $214 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 24 | $148 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 13 | $134 |
| Meloxicam | 24 | $129 |
| Gabapentin | 29 | $76 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $58 |
| Amoxicillin | 14 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Hoover
- Edward CainBirmingham$12.7M
- Daniel MatthewsDaphne$190K
- Mark RogersBirmingham$94K
- Amit MomayaBirmingham$77K
- Matthew SmithGuntersville$73K
- Christoper GarrettBirmingham$58K
- James McMurtrieHuntsville$54K
- Reaves CrabtreeBirmingham$47K
- David AdkisonBirmingham$46K
- Amir ShahienBirmingham$45K
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.