Thomas Sellers, MD
Hand Surgery · Montgomery, ALNPI 1558780411
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (33.9%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Prime Surgical, LLC at 36.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $6,629 and has fallen 96.8% since, to $210 in 2025.
Across 59 payments — averaging $166.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Prime Surgical, LLC$4K
- Trimed, Inc.$2K
- Axogen$2K
- Arthrex$871
- Smith+Nephew$311
- Johnson & Johnson$238
- plus $803 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,20733%
- Food & beverage$3,27333%
- Education$3,32834%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prime Surgical, LLC | 6 | $3,573 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 4 | $2,217 |
| Axogen | 4 | $1,796 |
| Arthrex | 4 | $871 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $311 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $238 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 4 | $203 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 10 | $158 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $93 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $87 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 4 | $76 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $49 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $32 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Next Science LLC | 2 | $23 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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
$9,808 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 29 hand surgery providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 78 | $4,427 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 108 | $575 |
| Naproxen | 44 | $444 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 54 | $382 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 61 | $368 |
| Meloxicam | 118 | $320 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 76 | $297 |
| Gabapentin | 65 | $224 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 17 | $221 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 120 | $202 |
| Celecoxib | 17 | $167 |
| Ibuprofen | 63 | $148 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $141 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 39 | $113 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Montgomery
- Hussein TurkiMontgomery$35K
- Edward PalmerMontgomery$76
- Kathleen McKeonBirmingham$151K
- Christopher BeaumontBirmingham$18K
- Karlee LoftinBirmingham$12K
- Jared BurkettMobile$8K
- Allison HunterDaphne$8K
- Charles Rodriguez-FeoMobile$7K
- Jonathon WhiteheadHoover$7K
- Edmund RowlandMobile$5K
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.