Michael Johnson, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Birmingham, ALNPI 1275748428
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $56,798 of the $74,044 with a category attached, or 76.7%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 72.8% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $44,305 and has fallen 97.4% since, to $1,140 in 2025. Among orthopaedic 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 149 payments — averaging $496.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$54K
- Tyber Medical, LLC$16K
- Stryker$2K
- In2bones USA, LLC$2K
- Smith+Nephew$365
- Johnson & Johnson$169
- plus $639 from 7 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $1800.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- BONE Support AB$5K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$56,79877%
- Travel & lodging$8,61912%
- Food & beverage$5,2147%
- Education$3,3725%
- Entertainment$400%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 103 | $53,892 |
| Tyber Medical, LLC | 3 | $15,715 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 18 | $1,693 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 4 | $1,570 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $365 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $169 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $151 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $120 |
| Abbott | 4 | $97 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $66 |
| Ortho Solutions Inc | 1 | $41 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $40 |
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.
- InCore Lapidus$25,887
- Tyber Medical Anatomical Plating System$15,715
- ALPS Plating System$15,715
- Stratum Foot Plating System$9,375
- Trabecular Metal (TM)$3,451
- TAPESTRY$2,500
- TriWay TTC Nail$1,500
- INFINITY$449
- INBONE$319
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$167
- CITREFIX$157
- Trinity ELITE$151
- SALTO TALARIS TOTAL ANKLE PROSTHESIS$137
- Foot & Ankle-None$117
- Persona$113
- AUGMENT$102
How this compares
$74,044 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 319 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 12 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Birmingham
- Jeffrey DugasBirmingham$11.5M
- Benton EmblomBirmingham$3M
- Herrick SiegelBirmingham$1.2M
- Kenneth MooreBirmingham$342K
- Joseph SherrillBirmingham$221K
- Jonathan QuadeBirmingham$217K
- Ginger BryantBirmingham$209K
- Marcus RothermichBirmingham$207K
- Daniel KimBirmingham$147K
- Eugene BrabstonBirmingham$117K
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.