Jason Kelly, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Fargo, NDNPI 1669785556
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $7,319 of the $9,293 with a category attached, or 78.8%. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sioux Surgical Inc at 31.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,552 and has fallen 64.2% since, to $1,273 in 2025.
Across 66 payments — averaging $140.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sioux Surgical Inc$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Arthrex$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$934
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,31979%
- Food & beverage$1,97421%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sioux Surgical Inc | 10 | $2,946 |
| Stryker | 9 | $1,968 |
| Arthrex | 22 | $1,837 |
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 21 | $1,609 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 4 | $934 |
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.
- IVS - VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION PRODUCTS$1,774
- Intracept$898
- O-ARM-ST$726
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$180
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$121
- IVS - IVAS$117
How this compares
$9,293 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 61 orthopaedic surgery providers in North Dakota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 88 | $372 |
| Methocarbamol | 18 | $314 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 112 | $253 |
| Gabapentin | 25 | $245 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Fargo
- Erik SletteFargo$39K
- Nicholas O'NeillFargo$36K
- Parth VyasFargo$9K
- Razvan NicolescuFargo$8K
- Brandon FisherFargo$8K
- Anthony BrownFargo$7K
- Kevin DahlFargo$7K
- Michael WhiteFargo$6K
- John HaggartFargo$6K
- Gary MatthysFargo$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.