Samih Nassif Abudinen, MD
Otolaryngology · Huntsville, ALNPI 1598290082
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,575 of the $4,148 with a category attached, or 62.1%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. at 43.3% of the total.
Across 48 payments — averaging $86.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$790
- Stryker$357
- Axogen$158
- Johnson & Johnson$142
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$136
- plus $771 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,23530%
- Food & beverage$2,57562%
- Education$3398%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 12 | $1,794 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 10 | $790 |
| Stryker | 2 | $357 |
| Axogen | 1 | $158 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $142 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $136 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $134 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $120 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $103 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 1 | $46 |
| Vioptix Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Inspire$1,618
- INTEGRA$355
- UNIVERSAL MANDIBLE$339
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$126
- Xhance$125
- MATRIX$120
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$118
- PRIMATRIX$118
How this compares
$4,148 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 155 otolaryngology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 11 | $1,573 |
| Famotidine | 77 | $850 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 36 | $667 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 25 | $274 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 38 | $197 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 44 | $166 |
| Cephalexin | 27 | $164 |
| Methylprednisolone | 24 | $161 |
| Omeprazole | 12 | $158 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 15 | $157 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 23 | $106 |
| Mupirocin | 12 | $101 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Huntsville
- William McFeelyHuntsville$70K
- John KostrzewaHuntsville$17K
- Bradley HobbsHuntsville$12K
- William McCaryHuntsville$6K
- Gerard BrocatoHuntsville$5K
- Joseph BriganceHuntsville$4K
- Benjamin PowellHuntsville$3K
- Michael McFaddenHuntsville$2K
- John DavisHoover$251K
- Michael SillersBirmingham$53K
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.