William Hedden
Plastic Surgery · Birmingham, ALNPI 1588616551
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.5% of the total across 129 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 42.9% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for plastic surgery clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $3,366.
Across 129 payments — averaging $26.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$593
- Motiva USA, LLC$383
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$277
- Sientra, Inc.$270
- Merz North America, Inc.$232
- plus $167 from 7 others
Across 24 payments — averaging $4491.42 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$85K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$21K
- AbbVie$2K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2858%
- Food & beverage$3,08292%
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) | 54 | $1,445 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 43 | $593 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 13 | $383 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $277 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 5 | $270 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 4 | $232 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $44 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Stryker | 1 | $26 |
| Tepha Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $16 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $16 |
| Apyx Medical Corporation | 1 | $13 |
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
$3,366 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 35 plastic surgery providers in Alabama.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $113 |
| Azithromycin | 20 | $104 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 12 | $35 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery in Birmingham
- Stephen SteinmetzBirmingham$18K
- Christopher SchafferBirmingham$12K
- James GunnBirmingham$9K
- Michael ClintonBirmingham$6K
- Jason JackBirmingham$4K
- Joshua HalkaBirmingham$4K
- Grady CoreBirmingham$4K
- Rene MyersBirmingham$4K
- Sherry CollawnBirmingham$4K
- Shreyas MakwanaBirmingham$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.