Dr. Drew Jeffrey Gunnells Jr., MD

Dr. Gunnells practices at Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama, part of Community Health.

Dr. Gunnells' NPI, 1285078568, was assigned on April 17, 2013. Dr. Gunnells holds Alabama license 33647.

Dr. Gunnells' primary practice is Grandview Medical Center, at 3690 Grandview Parkway, Birmingham, AL 35243 in Jefferson County. The practice phone is (205) 971-1000.

Dr. Gunnells' primary practice is Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama, part of Community Health. Dr. Gunnells is also affiliated with UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham. The medical group on file is UAB Medicine. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gunnells to 2 more hospitals, 4 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Gunnells practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Surgery is Dr. Gunnells' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Gunnells is licensed in Alabama.

CMS data shows 88 Medicare services from Dr. Gunnells across 4 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 110 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $8,205 for them.

CMS counts 110 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gunnells in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 53 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 65% have high cholesterol. 14% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.62, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Gunnells' median patient age at 67, with 57% women.

In 2024, Dr. Gunnells wrote 226 Medicare Part D claims for 105 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 175 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,569 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 115 claims across 4 drugs.

Dr. Gunnells accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 16 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Gunnells, more than 45% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Prostate resection: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of skin lesions: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

CMS Open Payments shows 13 general payments to Dr. Gunnells from 12 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 94% of the total. Ethicon Inc. paid the most, $162.