Rachel Sabo, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Birmingham, ALNPI 1255690616
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (50.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 58.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $4,521 and has fallen 95.6% since, to $197 in 2025.
Across 66 payments — averaging $120.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$5K
- Davol Inc.$1K
- Conmed Corporation$442
- Johnson & Johnson$275
- Medtronic$228
- C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries$196
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1222%
- Travel & lodging$5156%
- Food & beverage$3,33542%
- Education$4,00050%
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 | 15 | $4,659 |
| Davol Inc. | 8 | $1,005 |
| Conmed Corporation | 5 | $442 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $275 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 8 | $228 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 3 | $196 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $183 |
| Wound Management Technologies, Inc | 1 | $144 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $124 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $122 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 2 | $108 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| THD America, Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $56 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $36 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $35 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 1 | $21 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Prescient Surgical | 1 | $16 |
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$4,284
- PHASIX$509
- Phasix Mesh$393
- CellerateRx$327
- AIRSEAL$275
- CONMED SMOKE EVACUATION$148
- Enseal$137
- Harmonic$137
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$137
- RIBFIX BLU ADVANTAGE$124
- TheraSkin$122
- ABC HANDPIECES$105
- Restrata Wound Matrix$103
How this compares
Too few colon & rectal surgery providers in Alabamato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CholestyramineCholestyramine (With Sugar) | 29 | $2,258 |
| Diphenoxylate-AtropineDiphenoxylate Hcl/Atropine | 45 | $1,060 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 66 | $263 |
| Metronidazole | 68 | $151 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $77 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Birmingham
- Gregory KennedyBirmingham$21K
- Jon RosserBirmingham$8K
- Mark ParkerBirmingham$7K
- Steven ScarcliffBirmingham$4K
- Heath BeckhamBirmingham$4K
- Katherine DeanBirmingham$2K
- Gayla RoyerBirmingham$1K
- Isaac PayneMobile$163K
- Paul RiderMobile$37K
- John HunterMobile$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.