Thorsten Seyler
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Durham, NCNPI 1801022520
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,441 payments — averaging $1676.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$2.1M
- Zimmer Biomet$175K
- Restor3d, Inc.$54K
- Heraeus Medical, LLC.$37K
- Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc.$10K
- Regeneron$8K
- plus $6K from 10 others
Across 21 payments — averaging $5422.58 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.
- Zimmer Biomet$112K
- Regeneron$2K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$4750%
- Consulting fees$840,86338%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,052,09848%
- Travel & lodging$244,99511%
- Food & beverage$50,0442%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 1,301 | $2,125,462 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 49 | $175,022 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 10 | $54,401 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 11 | $36,541 |
| Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. | 33 | $9,801 |
| Regeneron | 7 | $7,586 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 4 | $4,237 |
| Next Science LLC | 8 | $654 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $630 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 4 | $310 |
| Orthalign Inc | 5 | $140 |
| G21 SRL | 1 | $126 |
| Onkos Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $121 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $77 |
| Linkbio Corp | 1 | $73 |
| Stryker | 1 | $40 |
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.
- Journey II$1,672,359
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$1,271,159
- Legion Revision$353,053
- Tandem$347,247
- REDAPT$329,556
- OR3O Dual Mobility$298,236
- RI.HIP NAVIGATION$232,404
- R3 ACETABULAR$220,281
- POLARSTEM$197,438
- Legion$166,604
- Anthology$149,261
- Journey II BCS$128,304
- BIRMINGHAM HIP$105,914
- Journey II CR$84,111
- CORI$81,931
- PICO$68,319
- Journey II XR$56,140
- Engage Partial Knee System$53,954
- Anthem$49,875
- SPATIAL FRAME$47,075
How this compares
Too few adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in North Carolinato 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baclofen | 23 | $301 |
| Meloxicam | 106 | $297 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 20 | $265 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 55 | $152 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 15 | $123 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $105 |
| Methocarbamol | 21 | $102 |
| Metformin Hcl ErMetformin Hcl | 11 | $31 |
| Prednisone | 16 | $21 |
| Amoxicillin | 14 | $12 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Durham
- Adam BrekkeDurham$86K
- Andrew SchwartzDurham$75K
- David PollockBermuda Run$4.8M
- John ShieldsWinston Salem$263K
- Jason NorcrossHickory$55K
- Eric DilboneMorrisville$28K
- Walter FruehWilmington$26K
- David CaseyPinehurst$20K
- Charles LongHendersonville$18K
- Bernard KemkerRocky Mount$13K
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.