Thomas Gallagher, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Billings, MTNPI 1043604945
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 32 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. AbbVie accounts for 60.8% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $469, 3.6 times the $129 reported in 2021.
Across 32 payments — averaging $45.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$886
- Motiva USA, LLC$185
- Hydrofera LLC$129
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$68
- Merck$38
- Solventum Corporation$32
- plus $118 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,456100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 15 | $886 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 2 | $185 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 1 | $129 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Merck | 2 | $38 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $32 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $13 |
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.
How this compares
Too few plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Montanato 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 22 | $812 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 13 | $309 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 23 | $102 |
| Gabapentin | 41 | $83 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 19 | $82 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $10 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic and reconstructive surgery in Billings
- Steven GrossoBillings$15K
- Alan MuskettBillings$1K
- Christopher StewartHelena$7K
- Michelle SpringKalispell$3K
- Jarred McDanielBozeman$3K
- Brentley BucheleKalispell$814
- Stephen HardyMissoula$626
- Michael HromadkaKalispell$336
- Vincent LaurenceMissoula$89
- Sarah EvansHelena$62
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.