Paul Smurda, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Albany, GANPI 1053416511
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $26,250 of the $29,319 with a category attached, or 89.5%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 90.8% of it on its own, with 30 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $27,079 and has fallen 98.1% since, to $518 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 152 payments — averaging $192.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$27K
- AbbVie$648
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$470
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$268
- Bayer$164
- Pfizer$158
- plus $1000 from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$26,25090%
- Food & beverage$2,96210%
- Education$990%
- Gifts$80%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 17 | $26,612 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 36 | $648 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 22 | $470 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 8 | $268 |
| Bayer | 9 | $164 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $158 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 6 | $119 |
| Kvk-tech, Inc. | 4 | $107 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $93 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 4 | $75 |
| Millicent US Inc | 3 | $65 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $64 |
| Amgen | 3 | $48 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Optumhealth Care Solutions, LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $44 |
| Monaghan Medical Corporation | 1 | $29 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Lupin Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Organon | 1 | $22 |
| CGG Medical Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Northgate Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $18 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $14 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Dysis Medical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$26,405
- MYFEMBREE$148
How this compares
$29,319 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,324 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 18 | $552 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 27 | $292 |
| Omeprazole | 19 | $142 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 11 | $123 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 12 | $106 |
| Citalopram HbrCitalopram Hydrobromide | 12 | $37 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 19 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Albany
- Edmund KimLawrenceville$628K
- Jacquelin WaltersDuluth$147K
- Nicole SparksJohns Creek$121K
- Lethenia BakerThomaston$111K
- Renee AllenAtlanta$74K
- Matthew RalstenFayetteville$64K
- Murray FreedmanAugusta$48K
- Tosha Rogers-JonesAtlanta$46K
- Teresa ByrdMarietta$41K
- Christopher BassilSuwanee$39K
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.