Luis Pernia, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Northport, ALNPI 1174504336
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 85 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 67.2% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $645 and has fallen 76.3% since, to $153 in 2025.
Across 85 payments — averaging $27.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Axogen$403
- TELA Bio, Inc.$148
- KCI USA, Inc.$36
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$26
- Vertex$25
- plus $136 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,359100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 71 | $1,585 |
| Axogen | 2 | $403 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Vertex | 1 | $25 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $23 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 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.
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$376
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$376
- OviTex 2S$148
- Santyl$119
How this compares
$2,359 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 35 plastic and reconstructive surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $50 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic and reconstructive surgery in Northport
- Robert BollingTuscaloosa$71K
- Brad DenneyBirmingham$21K
- Tony WeaverHuntsville$13K
- Michael BeckensteinBirmingham$10K
- Jeffery WaldingDothan$10K
- Robert OliverBirmingham$7K
- Paul SauerBirmingham$6K
- Michael BentleyMontgomery$5K
- John RobertsonMontgomery$5K
- Jonathan AntonettiBirmingham$4K
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.