Samuel Murphree, PA
Surgical · Birmingham, ALNPI 1972254589
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $3,600 of the $5,527 with a category attached, or 65.1%. Arthrex accounts for 77.5% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,166 and has fallen 98.0% since, to $102 in 2025. Among surgical 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 32 payments — averaging $172.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$4K
- Prime Surgical, LLC$866
- Si-bone, Inc.$168
- Solventum Corporation$33
- Innovation Technologies Inc$31
- Johnson & Johnson$29
- plus $115 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,31924%
- Food & beverage$60711%
- Education$3,60065%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 20 | $4,286 |
| Prime Surgical, LLC | 1 | $866 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $168 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $33 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $31 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $29 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $23 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $20 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $15 |
| Convatec Inc. | 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.
How this compares
$5,527 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 162 surgical 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naloxone Hcl | 38 | $2,284 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 115 | $1,667 |
| Methocarbamol | 72 | $1,333 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 58 | $441 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 17 | $237 |
| Methylprednisolone | 27 | $214 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 16 | $196 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 12 | $169 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 12 | $141 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Birmingham
- Heather ForsonBirmingham$8K
- Suzanne Powe VickersBirmingham$8K
- Kelsey KoesterBirmingham$4K
- Timothy TreloarBirmingham$4K
- Ronald PhilleyBirmingham$3K
- Allison SeamonBirmingham$3K
- Priya PatelBirmingham$3K
- David StootsBirmingham$3K
- Jody St ClairBirmingham$3K
- Amy SchalkBirmingham$2K
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.