Alethia Sellers
Anesthesiology · Birmingham, ALNPI 1154543197
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,406 of the $3,776 with a category attached, or 63.7%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by SPR Therapeutics, Inc at 26.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,895 and has fallen 61.0% since, to $739 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in AL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 83 payments — averaging $45.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$982
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$642
- Abbott$593
- Boston Scientific$590
- Medtronic$281
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$160
- plus $527 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$50013%
- Travel & lodging$87123%
- Food & beverage$2,40664%
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 | 25 | $982 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 6 | $642 |
| Abbott | 25 | $593 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $590 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $281 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $160 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $115 |
| MML US, Inc. | 3 | $110 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 4 | $90 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $75 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $60 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $42 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $15 |
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
$3,776 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 484 anesthesiology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 59 | $3,937 |
| Buprenorphine | 17 | $3,917 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 158 | $3,591 |
| Gabapentin | 183 | $3,206 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 25 | $1,771 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 111 | $1,724 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 51 | $1,490 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 40 | $470 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 28 | $352 |
| Methocarbamol | 30 | $284 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 20 | $228 |
| Meloxicam | 18 | $129 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Birmingham
- Alexandru VisanBirmingham$138K
- Gregory HickmanBirmingham$134K
- Ursula WesselmannBirmingham$33K
- Keith JonesBirmingham$26K
- Justin RoutmanBirmingham$16K
- Joshua SmithBirmingham$14K
- Prentiss LawsonBirmingham$13K
- Thomas ReganBirmingham$9K
- Christopher RacineBirmingham$4K
- Michael SheltonBirmingham$4K
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.