Brian Kelley, DO
Neurological Surgery · Lake Charles, LANPI 1750587838
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $187,850 of the $192,644 with a category attached, or 97.5%. Globus Medical accounts for 98.8% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $45,105 and has fallen 52.4% since, to $21,472 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 110 payments — averaging $1751.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$190K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Medtronic$354
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$348
- Nevro Corp.$178
- Aesculap, Inc.$80
- plus $129 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$187,85098%
- Travel & lodging$1,2241%
- Food & beverage$3,5702%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical | 59 | $190,375 |
| Boston Scientific | 35 | $1,180 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $354 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $348 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $178 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Stryker | 2 | $56 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $38 |
| Vertex | 1 | $23 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Excelsius - GPS$65,920
- Excelsius GPS Interbody$45,187
- Excelsius3D Imaging System$39,984
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$37,198
- CORBEL$751
- CellerateRx$348
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$242
- INTELLIS$151
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$147
- ELSA, ELSA AL/ATP$136
- ACTIVA PC$124
- Omnia$123
How this compares
$192,644 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 116 neurological surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 162 | $1,479 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 125 | $974 |
| Pregabalin | 31 | $544 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 98 | $426 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 45 | $360 |
| Gabapentin | 47 | $269 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 29 | $153 |
| Diazepam | 18 | $50 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 11 | $46 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Lake Charles
- Erich WolfLake Charles$87K
- Matthew BurtonLake Charles$9K
- Gregory RubinoLake Charles$7K
- Anthony SinShreveport$1.5M
- Sebastian KogaHammond$720K
- Eric OberlanderBaton Rouge$660K
- Najeeb ThomasMetairie$440K
- Gabriel TenderNew Orleans$255K
- Justin OwenMarrero$201K
- Daniel DenisKenner$198K
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.