Ross Feller, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · South Portland, MENPI 1265725493
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,313 of the $3,187 with a category attached, or 72.6%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Axogen at 41.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,473 and has fallen 95.4% since, to $68 in 2025.
Across 44 payments — averaging $72.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Axogen$1K
- Stryker$1K
- Acumed LLC$444
- Sonex Health, Inc.$70
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$61
- Bioventus LLC$17
- plus $28 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$87427%
- Food & beverage$2,31373%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Axogen | 10 | $1,312 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 18 | $1,254 |
| Acumed LLC | 7 | $444 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 2 | $70 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Orthofix Medical, 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.
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$1,058
- PRO$552
- Acu-Loc Wrist Plating System$144
- Total Wrist Fusion Plating System$144
- GAMMA$142
- VARIAX$142
How this compares
$3,187 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 111 orthopaedic surgery providers in Maine.
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 orthopaedic surgery in South Portland
- Joseph KahanSouth Portland$51K
- Joshua VaughnSouth Portland$37K
- Jonathan WatlingSouth Portland$6K
- George BabikianFalmouth$446K
- Nicholas ColacchioFalmouth$439K
- Adam RanaFalmouth$330K
- John HerzogFalmouth$258K
- Matthew CamusoPortland$120K
- Ian DickeyFarmington$75K
- Daniel ShubertAugusta$64K
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.