Dermatopathology in Alabama
19 providers, $229,829 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments.
Ranking high here usually means a consulting or royalty arrangement, not wrongdoing. Payments to device inventors and trial investigators are legal, disclosed, and concentrated in a small number of people — which is exactly why a list like this has a steep top and a long flat tail.
What Medicare pays dermatopathology clinicians in Alabama
Across 14 dermatopathology clinicians in Alabama who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $6,409,552 in total — an average of $457,825 each, of which $457,825 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.
This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.
Ranked by reported payments
- 1James LyonsDothan$210,222
- 2Stephen MasonMountain Brk$11,158
- 3Sophie WangBirmingham$5,725
- 4Gina JohnsonBirmingham$816
- 5Michael JacobsMountain Brk$350
- 6Edward FultonBirmingham$243
- 7Anne BussianBirmingham$221
- 8Ashley AllisonHomewood$195
- 9Stephenie DillardTuscaloosa$167
- 10James ElderBirmingham$160
- 11Jeremiah PasionMountain Brk$122
- 12Alexander WongBirmingham$97
- 13Julie GibbsBirmingham$87
- 14Charles ParrishMountain Brk$82
- 15Deborah SandersBirmingham$76
- 16James BushBirmingham$62
- 17Molly BouldinBirmingham$19
- 18Danielle WehleMountain Brk$16
- 19Jean-Pierr DonahueJasper$13