Joseph Hurston, MD
Surgery · Jonesboro, ARNPI 1114285145
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $13,000 of the $15,747 with a category attached, or 82.6%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 91.8% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $11,117 and has fallen 96.7% since, to $362 in 2025.
Across 69 payments — averaging $228.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$14K
- AbbVie$226
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$217
- Davol Inc.$187
- Johnson & Johnson$185
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$117
- plus $360 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7455%
- Food & beverage$2,00213%
- Education$13,00083%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 18 | $14,456 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $226 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 11 | $217 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $187 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $185 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 4 | $117 |
| Kerecis Limited | 5 | $104 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 3 | $47 |
| Merck | 2 | $44 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Vertex | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$10,976
- DAVINCI XI$3,000
- Phasix Mesh$127
How this compares
$15,747 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 227 surgery providers in Arkansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 11 | $775 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 85 | $327 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 33 | $103 |
| Metronidazole | 15 | $61 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 12 | $45 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $8 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Willie HarperJonesboro$20K
- Dexter RichJonesboro$19K
- Joel WhippleJonesboro$13K
- Gregory LynchJonesboro$12K
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- Joshua RollerFayetteville$248K
- Brian PottorfFayetteville$64K
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.