Thomas Edell
Anesthesiology · Lackland A F B, TXNPI 1114996360
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $8,179 of the $13,212 with a category attached, or 61.9%. It is spread thinly across 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.7%. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,337, 3.5 times the $945 reported in 2019. Among anesthesiology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 181 payments — averaging $73.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$3K
- Medtronic$3K
- International Rehabilitative Sciences, Inc$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Abbott$1K
- MML US, Inc.$978
- plus $1K from 14 others
Across 14 payments — averaging $1523.93 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Abbott$21K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,09923%
- Food & beverage$8,17962%
- Other$1,93415%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 35 | $2,871 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 38 | $2,602 |
| International Rehabilitative Sciences, Inc | 6 | $2,244 |
| Boston Scientific | 27 | $1,775 |
| Abbott | 38 | $1,309 |
| MML US, Inc. | 7 | $978 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $312 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 5 | $280 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $168 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 3 | $158 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 4 | $122 |
| Stryker | 1 | $104 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $57 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $49 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $39 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $25 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $23 |
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.
- RS-LBG, RS-FBG, RS-SG$1,934
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$1,502
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,373
- Intracept$971
- ReActiv8$833
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$251
- SUPERION$234
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$210
- RS 4i Plus Sequential Stimulator$187
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION SYSTEM$149
- ETERNA$143
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$142
- INCEPTIV$141
- Vanta$139
- Evoke SCS$137
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$132
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$119
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$111
- MULTIGEN 2$104
How this compares
$13,212 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,899 anesthesiology providers in Texas.
Other anesthesiology in Lackland A F B
- Richard TeamesFort Worth$746K
- Tong GanHouston$700K
- Valentine GibsonRichardson$671K
- James MuellerDallas$636K
- Randy RobbinsPlano$593K
- Gabriel MenaHouston$494K
- Maxim EckmannSan Antonio$349K
- Iden CowanAustin$305K
- Ryan CaseyAustin$287K
- Girish JoshiDallas$239K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.