Kyle Bess, MD
Surgery · Madison, ALNPI 1194187260
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (42.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by CMR Surgical, Inc. at 58.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $17,837, more than ten times the $83 reported in 2019. Among surgery 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 94 payments — averaging $226.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- CMR Surgical, Inc.$12K
- Intuitive Surgical$5K
- Davol Inc.$2K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$532
- Baxter Healthcare$166
- Conmed Corporation$142
- plus $537 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,00042%
- Travel & lodging$7,00033%
- Food & beverage$3,01514%
- Education$2,25011%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CMR Surgical, Inc. | 19 | $12,323 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 22 | $5,250 |
| Davol Inc. | 22 | $2,316 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 6 | $532 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $166 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $142 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $117 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $75 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Hologic Inc | 1 | $46 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $30 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 1 | $30 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Merck | 1 | $12 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Versius Surgical System (Versius Plus)$12,011
- Da Vinci Surgical System$4,686
- Phasix Mesh$1,873
- DuraSorb Monofilament Mesh$409
- CONMED SPECIMEN RETRIEVAL$142
- AIRSEAL$142
- LigaSure$117
How this compares
$21,265 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 382 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron Hcl | 72 | $334 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 61 | $205 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Madison
- John PorterfieldBessemer$972K
- Barton WoodAlabaster$702K
- Forrest RingoldMobile$678K
- Dennis FernandezHuntsville$266K
- Cameron AskewBirmingham$236K
- Terry TreadwellMontgomery$127K
- Charles NewmanGadsden$123K
- Jason BeaverDothan$106K
- John TouliatosBirmingham$75K
- Jayme LockeBirmingham$63K
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.