Harry Sell, MD
Surgery · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1619949799
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $8,292 of the $12,183 with a category attached, or 68.1%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by TELA Bio, Inc. at 43.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,356 and has fallen 69.1% since, to $1,036 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in PA 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 149 payments — averaging $81.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- TELA Bio, Inc.$5K
- Davol Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Covidien LP$679
- Baxter Healthcare$317
- plus $945 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,01425%
- Food & beverage$8,29268%
- Education$8777%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 50 | $5,324 |
| Davol Inc. | 36 | $1,961 |
| Medtronic | 21 | $1,801 |
| Stryker | 5 | $1,156 |
| Covidien LP | 10 | $679 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 6 | $317 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $202 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 6 | $184 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $133 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $101 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $92 |
| Steris Corporation | 2 | $65 |
| BD | 1 | $39 |
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.
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$2,921
- 1588 HD 3 CHIP CAMERA$987
- OviTex 2S$879
- Signia$604
- PHASIX$462
- ENDO GIA ULTRA$380
- PerClot$120
- SURGIMEND$113
- Valleylab$104
- BD MAX$102
- STUDIO 3$100
How this compares
$12,183 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,424 surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocortisone | 23 | $384 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Pittsburgh
- Andy KiserPittsburgh$1M
- George EidPittsburgh$619K
- Ariel AballayPittsburgh$198K
- Blair JobePittsburgh$150K
- Philip SchauerPittsburgh$94K
- Abhinav HumarPittsburgh$57K
- Eric HagerPittsburgh$41K
- Matthew NealPittsburgh$34K
- Derek Serna-GallegosPittsburgh$32K
- Kellie CunninghamPittsburgh$28K
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.