Prentiss Lawson, MD
Anesthesiology · Birmingham, ALNPI 1851544258
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.7%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by SPR Therapeutics, Inc at 43.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $8,119, more than ten times the $174 reported in 2021. Among anesthesiology clinicians in AL 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 165 payments — averaging $76.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$5K
- Abbott$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Boston Scientific$847
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$838
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$739
- plus $2K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,50035%
- Travel & lodging$1,76214%
- Food & beverage$6,42851%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 40 | $5,461 |
| Abbott | 45 | $1,909 |
| Stryker | 10 | $1,322 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $847 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 9 | $838 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 9 | $739 |
| MML US, Inc. | 10 | $460 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $208 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $196 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $160 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 6 | $150 |
| Avanos Medical | 3 | $86 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $76 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $75 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $53 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $29 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $29 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- SPRINT PNS System$4,720
- PROCLAIM$1,336
- mild Device Kit$1,123
- Intracept$635
- Iovera$615
- Evoke$568
- ReActiv8$204
- Omnia$144
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$135
- Evoke SCS$121
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$114
How this compares
$12,690 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 484 anesthesiology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 12 | $7,023 |
| Buprenorphine | 24 | $5,409 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 184 | $4,124 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 104 | $2,356 |
| Gabapentin | 121 | $1,571 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 39 | $1,118 |
| Pregabalin | 79 | $1,017 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 24 | $280 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $135 |
| Naproxen | 13 | $69 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Birmingham
- Alexandru VisanBirmingham$138K
- Gregory HickmanBirmingham$134K
- Ursula WesselmannBirmingham$33K
- Keith JonesBirmingham$26K
- Justin RoutmanBirmingham$16K
- Joshua SmithBirmingham$14K
- Thomas ReganBirmingham$9K
- Christopher RacineBirmingham$4K
- Alethia SellersBirmingham$4K
- Michael SheltonBirmingham$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.