Ross Bunch
Plastic Surgery · Tuscaloosa, ALNPI 1598728925
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (52.4%), travel and lodging and other — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 39.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,910 and has fallen 94.9% since, to $198 in 2025.
Across 129 payments — averaging $50.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$3K
- Stryker$828
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$732
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$683
- Merz North America, Inc.$368
- Johnson & Johnson$363
- plus $964 from 16 others
Across 12 payments — averaging $977.00 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.
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$7K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$5K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,77143%
- Food & beverage$3,38952%
- Other$3065%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 16 | $2,528 |
| Stryker | 2 | $828 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 44 | $732 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 21 | $683 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 4 | $368 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 4 | $363 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 9 | $221 |
| Lumenis BE Inc | 1 | $178 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $122 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 6 | $107 |
| Conmed Corporation | 3 | $75 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| TEI Biosciences Inc | 2 | $27 |
| Apyx Medical Corporation | 2 | $26 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Vertex | 1 | $21 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $19 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 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.
- ALLODERM$2,117
- 1588 HD 3 CHIP CAMERA$815
- XEOMIN$250
- ASCLERA$250
- optilight$178
How this compares
$6,467 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 35 plastic surgery providers in Alabama.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 16 | $846 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 31 | $351 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 23 | $265 |
| Fluconazole | 34 | $205 |
| Methocarbamol | 25 | $156 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 17 | $141 |
| Ibuprofen | 29 | $125 |
| Levofloxacin | 25 | $88 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery in Tuscaloosa
- John MenardTuscaloosa$1K
- William StaggersFairhope$183K
- Ryan ReboweMobile$24K
- Analise ThomasVestavia$20K
- Stephen SteinmetzBirmingham$18K
- Alvin CohnVestavia$15K
- Christopher SchafferBirmingham$12K
- Melanie PetroVestavia$10K
- James GunnBirmingham$9K
- Christopher ParkMobile$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.