Paul Noel
Surgery · Athens, ALNPI 1093706210
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 137 payments — averaging $34.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$668
- Kerecis Limited$553
- Davol Inc.$478
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$383
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$349
- Stryker$308
- plus $2K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,679100%
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 | 18 | $668 |
| Kerecis Limited | 7 | $553 |
| Davol Inc. | 5 | $478 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 13 | $383 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 3 | $349 |
| Stryker | 2 | $308 |
| AbbVie | 17 | $247 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 3 | $240 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $226 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 7 | $219 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 10 | $157 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 9 | $146 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 7 | $129 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 4 | $107 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $53 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $49 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $35 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $18 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $17 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, 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.
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$1,070
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$357
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$357
- SPY-PHI SYSTEM$308
- PHASIX$281
- CYTAL$279
- CellerateRx$253
- Da Vinci Surgical System$212
- Phasix Mesh$155
- GRAFIX PL$126
- Grafix$118
- Grafix PL PRIME$107
- Stravix$107
- Restrata Wound Matrix$100
How this compares
$4,679 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 382 surgery providers in Alabama.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 13 | $91 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Athens
- Seth RayburnAthens$27K
- Daniel CoxBirmingham$1.2M
- John PorterfieldBessemer$972K
- Parker HuBirmingham$734K
- Barton WoodAlabaster$702K
- Forrest RingoldMobile$678K
- Adam BeckBirmingham$634K
- Jason BeaverDothan$374K
- Dennis FernandezHuntsville$266K
- Cameron AskewBirmingham$236K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.