Thomas Seaver, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Fargo, NDNPI 1588168306
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,059 of the $4,634 with a category attached, or 66.0%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 49.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,318 and has fallen 65.6% since, to $798 in 2025.
Across 60 payments — averaging $77.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Smith+Nephew$556
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$150
- Bone Support Inc.$145
- Si-bone, Inc.$128
- plus $156 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,26827%
- Food & beverage$3,05966%
- Education$3077%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 24 | $2,287 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 22 | $1,212 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $556 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $150 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $128 |
| My01 Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Sioux Surgical Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $14 |
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.
- PRO$1,388
- EVOS$408
- EVOS MINI$269
- NA$260
- T2$162
- TFN-Advance$148
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$145
- CERAMENT G$145
- MAVERICK$139
- VA-LCP$130
- TRIGEN InterTAN$128
- MY01 Continuous Compartmental Pressure Monitor$122
- TSF$118
How this compares
$4,634 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th 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.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Fargo
- Erik SletteFargo$39K
- Nicholas O'NeillFargo$36K
- Jason KellyFargo$9K
- Parth VyasFargo$9K
- Razvan NicolescuFargo$8K
- Brandon FisherFargo$8K
- Anthony BrownFargo$7K
- Kevin DahlFargo$7K
- Michael WhiteFargo$6K
- John HaggartFargo$6K
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.