RxDoctor Payments Data

Russell Goode, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery · Mobile, ALNPI 1518278126

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (53.5%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 46.8% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in AL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$43,403in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 168 payments — averaging $258.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$20K
  • Synthes GmbH$7K
  • Synthes USA Products LLC$7K
  • Arthrex$4K
  • Illuminoss Medical, Inc.$1K
  • Johnson & Johnson$974
  • plus $4K from 25 others
$6,500in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 2 payments — averaging $3250.00 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.

  • Illuminoss Medical, Inc.$5K
  • American Regent$2K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$23,20953%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$8,00018%
  • Travel & lodging$7,06516%
  • Food & beverage$5,12312%
  • Education$60%

General payments by program year

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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.

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.

How this compares

$43,403 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 319 orthopaedic surgery providers in Alabama.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$153,988
Medicare patients
228
Services billed
6,407

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Ibuprofen220$2,023
Diclofenac Sodium46$1,428
Methylprednisolone146$1,388
Celecoxib45$1,020
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen78$496
Tramadol Hcl117$308
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen45$303
Ondansetron Hcl26$152
Gabapentin24$138
Meloxicam53$126
Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim26$73
Cyclobenzaprine Hcl13$67
Omeprazole11$36

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Other orthopaedic surgery in Mobile

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