Brent Thurness, MD
Pain Medicine · Sioux Falls, SDNPI 1265424873
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $4,853 of the $7,443 with a category attached, or 65.2%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 57.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,117 and has fallen 60.4% since, to $1,234 in 2025.
Across 98 payments — averaging $75.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$4K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$124
- AbbVie$62
- Draeger Medical Systems, Inc$49
- Convatec Inc.$24
- plus $14 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,85365%
- Food & beverage$2,59035%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 61 | $4,306 |
| Boston Scientific | 26 | $2,864 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 5 | $124 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $62 |
| Draeger Medical Systems, Inc | 1 | $49 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- PROCLAIM$3,170
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$1,498
How this compares
Too few pain medicine providers in South Dakotato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 231 | $7,565 |
| Gabapentin | 167 | $1,745 |
| Methylprednisolone | 166 | $1,280 |
| Meloxicam | 376 | $1,152 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 83 | $496 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 57 | $430 |
| Cephalexin | 82 | $320 |
| Pregabalin | 31 | $298 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 15 | $169 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 16 | $157 |
| Azithromycin | 21 | $66 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 27 | $42 |
| Alprazolam | 24 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Sioux Falls
- Timothy MetzSioux Falls$36K
- James DreessenSioux Falls$9K
- James BrunzSioux Falls$5K
- Samuel BartmessSioux Falls$995
- Thomas BoetelSioux Falls$581
- Christopher JanssenSioux Falls$203
- Scott LockwoodSioux Falls$134
- Jeremy PoulsenDakota Dunes$5K
- Shawna SchmidtAberdeen$5K
- John CookDakota Dunes$5K
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.