Saulat Sheikh, MD
Surgery · Birmingham, ALNPI 1124377858
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $3,762 of the $4,186 with a category attached, or 89.9%. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Transmedics, Inc. at 59.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,687, more than ten times the $111 reported in 2021.
Across 17 payments — averaging $246.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Transmedics, Inc.$2K
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- AstraZeneca$132
- Organ Recovery Systems, Inc.$28
- Medtronic$21
Across 1 payment — averaging $29,670 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.
- Transmedics, Inc.$30K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,76290%
- Food & beverage$42510%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Transmedics, Inc. | 2 | $2,469 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 11 | $1,536 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $132 |
| Organ Recovery Systems, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $21 |
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.
- ORGAN CARE SYSTEM$2,469
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,235
How this compares
$4,186 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 382 surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Valganciclovir Hcl | 14 | $9,920 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 13 | $99 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 16 | $66 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Birmingham
- Cameron AskewBirmingham$236K
- John TouliatosBirmingham$75K
- Jayme LockeBirmingham$63K
- Eric DuboisBirmingham$36K
- Sherry MeltonBirmingham$29K
- Wesley DesselleBirmingham$21K
- Boris KiriazovBirmingham$17K
- Adam BeckBirmingham$17K
- Kristen WongBirmingham$11K
- Cynthia HlavacekBirmingham$9K
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.