William Sudduth, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Hoover, ALNPI 1013954718
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 32 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 15 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $132, 3.4 times the $39 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $2,073.
Across 32 payments — averaging $16.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$104
- Boston Scientific$75
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$66
- Vericel Corporation$39
- Smith+Nephew$35
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$33
- plus $181 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$534100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 9 | $104 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $75 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $39 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $35 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $31 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $27 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $17 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$534 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 319 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 14 | $114 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $71 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Hoover
- Christopher HeckHoover$166K
- Dewey JonesHoover$17K
- Jeffrey DugasBirmingham$11.5M
- Benton EmblomBirmingham$3M
- Herrick SiegelBirmingham$1.2M
- Paul CanaleDaphne$609K
- Kenneth MooreBirmingham$342K
- Joseph SherrillBirmingham$221K
- Jonathan QuadeBirmingham$217K
- Lawrence LemakVestavia$216K
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.