Melissa Seelbach
Pain Medicine · Grand Forks, NDNPI 1356786354
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,716 of the $4,362 with a category attached, or 85.2%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 38.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,675 and has fallen 90.0% since, to $167 in 2025.
Across 254 payments — averaging $17.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Medtronic$860
- Boston Scientific$296
- Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.$245
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$203
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$196
- plus $896 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$63515%
- Food & beverage$3,71685%
- Education$120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 147 | $1,666 |
| Medtronic | 9 | $860 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $296 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 35 | $245 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 3 | $203 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 11 | $196 |
| Novartis | 15 | $160 |
| Stryker | 2 | $138 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $122 |
| Amgen | 4 | $87 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $74 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $69 |
| Merck | 2 | $45 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $34 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$552
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$118
- SPINEJACK$112
- OPTABLATE$112
- INTELLIS$110
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$109
- Intracept$108
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$101
- StimQ Freedom-4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w/ Receiver$101
- StimQ Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$101
- Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$101
- Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$101
How this compares
Too few pain medicine providers in North 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.
Other pain medicine in Grand Forks
- Steven HillGrand Forks$18
- Patrick GraceBismarck$14K
- Lance DoedenFargo$13K
- Codi GuckFargo$12K
- Michael QuastBismarck$6K
- Daniel BennettMinot$4K
- Christine HoglundWilliston$305
- Rohit MahajanFargo$119
- Micheal TemplerMinot$61
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.