M Whitney Parnell, MD
Surgery · Caldwell, IDNPI 1962597948
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,652 of the $3,671 with a category attached, or 72.2%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Hologic Inc at 38.5% of the total.
Across 35 payments — averaging $104.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Hologic Inc$1K
- Intuitive Surgical$783
- Stryker$667
- TELA Bio, Inc.$222
- Coopersurgical, Inc.$141
- AstraZeneca$83
- plus $363 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,65272%
- Food & beverage$97627%
- Education$431%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hologic Inc | 1 | $1,412 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 4 | $783 |
| Stryker | 2 | $667 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 6 | $222 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $141 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $83 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 3 | $80 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $46 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $35 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $29 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $19 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $19 |
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.
- Localizer$1,412
- BioZorb$1,412
- SPY-PHI SYSTEM$645
- Da Vinci Surgical System$576
How this compares
$3,671 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 136 surgery providers in Idaho.
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 | 30 | $122 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 16 | $62 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Caldwell
- Adam BellCaldwell$10K
- Ryan HardyCaldwell$7K
- Brian CoatesBoise$159K
- Andrew McRobertsPocatello$67K
- John PenningsPost Falls$47K
- Reese VernerMeridian$47K
- Tait OlavesonIdaho Falls$42K
- Rhiana MenenBoise$39K
- Philip HambyMcCall$33K
- Richard BallantyneNampa$33K
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.