Gastroenterologist
Birmingham - Grandview Pkwy, AL
About this role
At a glance
Gastroenterologist with Gastro Health in Birmingham - Grandview Pkwy, AL. Listed from the employer's own careers site.
- Employer: Gastro Health
- Location: Birmingham - Grandview Pkwy, AL
- Schedule: Full-time
- Pay stated in the posting: $600,000
- Call: 1:11 call
- Setting: Private practice
- Also mentioned: Relocation help, Partnership track
- License: ABIM
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The contract: what this ad says, and what to ask
- Call 1:11 call
- Partnership track offered, no buy-in, ancillaries
- APP and staff support APP support mentioned
- Malpractice Malpractice coverage stated
The ad does not say. Ask the recruiter:
- Pay model. Base salary, wRVU rate and threshold, or collections percentage? What did year-2 doctors actually earn?
- Schedule. Endoscopy days versus clinic half-days per week, and how many hospitals you cover.
- Advanced procedures. How many ERCPs and EUS a year would a new hire actually get?
- Noncompete. Radius in miles and length in months, and does it apply if they end your contract?
- Visa. Who files the petition, are they cap-exempt, and have they placed a Conrad 30 J-1 physician before?
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Public data about this job's location and employer, collected in one place.
Local GI market
72 gastroenterologists
within 30 miles. That is 20 per 100,000 adults aged 45-74, 47% more than the US average (13.6).
29% of them finished medical school 30 or more years ago (US: 36%).
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file; Census ACS 2019-2023.
Procedure mix nearby
62% colonoscopy
Medicare fee-for-service procedures billed within 30 miles in 2024: 10,944 colonoscopies, 6,031 EGDs, 208 ERCPs, 341 EUS.
ERCP volume is typical and EUS is heavy for the population, compared with the US (adjusted for Medicare Advantage share). 98% done in a hospital or surgery center; 57% by gastroenterologists.
72% of adults 45-75 in this county are up to date on colorectal screening, 5 points above the state (67%).
69% of Medicare patients here are in Medicare Advantage (state: 62%). Medicare procedure counts above cover only the other 31%.
Source: CMS Medicare Physician and Other Practitioners by provider and service, 2024 (fee-for-service only; services for fewer than 11 patients hidden). CMS MA penetration; CDC PLACES 2025 (2022 survey).
Cost of living
Prices in Alabama are 11.2% below the US average.
$600k here buys what $676k buys in an average-priced state
Alabama state income tax on $600k: about $30k (5%), single filer, before deductions. Local taxes not included.
Source: BEA regional price parities, 2024. State level; big metros cost more. Tax: Tax Foundation 2026 state brackets.
Employer
Physician group (private equity-backed), For-profit
Private equity: OMERS Private Equity (since 2021). Checked 2026-09-28.
For-profit employer. Jobs here do not count toward PSLF.
Visas (H-1B / J-1)
No H-1B filings for GI physicians from this employer in the data we hold. That does not mean it will not sponsor.
All GI H-1B filings in Alabama: 5, median $300k.
Parts of this county are federal primary care shortage areas (HPSAs). Check the exact practice address. Conrad 30 J-1 waiver jobs usually must be in a shortage area; each state sets its own rules. State J-1 waiver contacts (3RNET).
Source: US Dept. of Labor LCA disclosure data (certified H-1B, FY2024-FY2026); HRSA HPSA data. All GI H-1B employers
Data as of CMS clinicians 2026-09-28; Medicare claims 2024; MA 2026-09; BEA 2024; tax 2026; H-1B through 2026-09-28; ownership 2026-09-28. Something wrong? Report an error.