Dr. Thomas Kelso, MD

NPI: 1265570469
Total Payments
$4,777
2024 Payments
$384.29
Companies
9
Transactions
22
Medicare Patients
11,002
Medicare Billing
$1.4M

Payment Breakdown by Category

Travel$3,794 (79.4%)
Food & Beverage$983.06 (20.6%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Travel and Lodging $3,794 1 79.4%
Food and Beverage $983.06 21 20.6%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $3,990 6 $0 (2022)
Stryker Corporation $509.68 7 $0 (2024)
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $150.16 3 $0 (2022)
Ethicon US, LLC $34.87 1 $0 (2021)
KCI USA, Inc. $29.64 1 $0 (2020)
Avanos Medical $17.22 1 $0 (2022)
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $16.13 1 $0 (2019)
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $14.92 1 $0 (2018)
Horizon Pharma plc $14.13 1 $0 (2017)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $384.29 5 Stryker Corporation ($384.29)
2022 $161.06 3 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($121.87)
2021 $211.39 5 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. ($128.19)
2020 $29.64 1 KCI USA, Inc. ($29.64)
2019 $3,962 6 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($3,855)
2018 $14.92 1 Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. ($14.92)
2017 $14.13 1 Horizon Pharma plc ($14.13)

All Payment Transactions

22 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/02/2024 Stryker Corporation TORNIER PERFORM REVERSED GLENOID (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $118.66 General
Category: BONE SUBSTITUTE
11/18/2024 Stryker Corporation BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.56 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
10/18/2024 Stryker Corporation BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION (Device), TORNIER PERFORM REVERSED GLENOID Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $64.29 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
10/03/2024 Stryker Corporation BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION (Device), TORNIER PERFORM REVERSED GLENOID Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $170.28 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
09/16/2024 Stryker Corporation TORNIER PERFORM REVERSED GLENOID (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.50 General
Category: BONE SUBSTITUTE
11/18/2022 Avanos Medical TRIVISC SODIUM HYALURONATE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.22 General
Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT
05/12/2022 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.97 General
05/04/2022 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $121.87 General
08/12/2021 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $35.20 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
07/10/2021 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $41.64 General
07/10/2021 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ATTUNE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.13 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
05/05/2021 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. ATTUNE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $86.55 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
05/05/2021 Ethicon US, LLC Enseal (Device), Echelon Circular Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $34.87 General
Category: Energy
08/27/2020 KCI USA, Inc. ACTIVAC (Device), SNAP Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $29.64 General
Category: DEVICES
03/05/2019 Orthofix Medical, Inc. Physio-Stim Osteogenesis Stimulator (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.13 General
Category: STIMULATOR, BONE GROWTH, NON-INVASIVE
02/07/2019 Stryker Corporation REUNION (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $90.19 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMETIES
01/11/2019 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ACTIS (Device), ATTUNE Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $3,794.02 General
Category: Ortho-Hip
01/11/2019 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ACTIS (Device), ATTUNE Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $32.10 General
Category: Ortho-Hip
01/11/2019 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ACTIS (Device), ATTUNE Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.76 General
Category: Ortho-Hip
01/11/2019 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ACTIS (Device), ATTUNE Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.45 General
Category: Ortho-Hip
03/21/2018 Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. EUFLEXXA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.92 General
Category: ORTHOPEDICS
08/02/2017 Horizon Pharma plc PENNSAID (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.13 General
Category: PENNSAID

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 22 2,149 3,677 $1.3M $308,565
2022 24 2,703 4,230 $1.9M $379,411
2021 29 2,974 4,792 $1.7M $382,017
2020 31 3,176 5,341 $1.8M $377,644
Total Patients
11,002
Total Services
18,040
Medicare Billing
$1.4M
Procedure Codes
106

All Medicare Procedures & Services

106 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 5

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 632 1,008 $314,395 $89,633 28.5%
27447 Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee Facility 2023 72 75 $329,033 $73,431 22.3%
27130 Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis Facility 2023 35 36 $158,093 $35,520 22.5%
23472 Prosthetic repair of shoulder joint, total shoulder Facility 2023 30 30 $171,135 $33,273 19.4%
73562 X-ray of knee, 3 views Office 2023 274 417 $49,364 $11,710 23.7%
23412 Repair of chronic torn shoulder rotator cuff Facility 2023 16 16 $46,712 $10,347 22.2%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2023 178 204 $50,634 $9,822 19.4%
29824 Partial removal of collar bone at shoulder using an endoscope Facility 2023 25 25 $57,992 $8,642 14.9%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 55 55 $22,404 $6,210 27.7%
73502 X-ray of hip, 2-3 views Office 2023 124 149 $16,923 $4,904 29.0%
J0702 Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg Office 2023 182 896 $12,195 $4,541 37.2%
73221 Mri scan of arm joint without contrast Office 2023 41 42 $26,753 $4,246 15.9%
73030 X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views Office 2023 122 161 $14,468 $4,151 28.7%
73721 Mri scan of leg joint without contrast Office 2023 27 28 $17,795 $2,693 15.1%
72148 Mri scan of lower spinal canal without contrast Office 2023 28 28 $15,772 $2,624 16.6%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 23 24 $5,297 $1,649 31.1%
72100 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views Office 2023 54 54 $5,223 $1,621 31.0%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 11 11 $4,842 $1,522 31.4%
73522 X-ray of both hips, 3-4 views Office 2023 21 23 $2,992 $862.26 28.8%
73523 X-ray of both hips, minimum of 5 views Office 2023 11 12 $1,784 $520.76 29.2%
72040 X-ray of upper spine, 2-3 views Office 2023 16 16 $1,535 $485.28 31.6%
J1885 Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg Office 2023 172 367 $734.00 $157.15 21.4%
27447 Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee Facility 2022 102 104 $584,602 $102,501 17.5%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 583 806 $215,361 $70,901 32.9%
27130 Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis Facility 2022 56 57 $322,307 $54,117 16.8%

About Dr. Thomas Kelso, MD

Dr. Thomas Kelso, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Southport, North Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 02/01/2007. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1265570469.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Thomas Kelso, MD has received a total of $4,777 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $384.29 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 22 transactions from 9 companies. The most common payment nature is "Travel and Lodging" ($3,794).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Kelso has provided services to 11,002 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 18,040 services with total Medicare billing of $1.4M. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 106 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Other Specialties Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Location Southport, NC
  • Active Since 02/01/2007
  • Last Updated 12/19/2016
  • Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1265570469

Products in Payments

  • ACTIS (Device) $3,855
  • BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION (Device) $239.13
  • TORNIER PERFORM REVERSED GLENOID (Device) $145.16
  • ATTUNE (Device) $99.68
  • REUNION (Device) $90.19
  • MAKO (Device) $35.20
  • Enseal (Device) $34.87
  • ACTIVAC (Device) $29.64
  • TRIVISC SODIUM HYALURONATE (Device) $17.22
  • Physio-Stim Osteogenesis Stimulator (Device) $16.13
  • EUFLEXXA (Device) $14.92
  • PENNSAID (Drug) $14.13

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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