Physician profile

Brian Thomas Farrell

Neurological Surgery · Paducah, KY

NPI 1073766150

$4,868.76

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

30 companies · $68.59 in 2025

The $68.59 reported for 2025 was less than what a typical Neurological Surgery provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $604).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Food and Beverage$1,090.19
Travel and Lodging$185.22

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Medtronic USA, INC. $2,277.32 2019-2020
Medtronic, INC. $897.54 2022-2024 Intellis Adaptivestim, Vanta Adaptivestim, Synchromedii
Si-Bone, INC. $689.88 2019-2022
Cerapedics INC. $157.20 2021-2023 I-Factor Peptide Enhanced Bone Graft
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, INC. $114.93 2019-2022
Abbvie INC. $87.23 2023
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, INC. $61.52 2019
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, INC. $60.75 2023 Austedo, Austedo Xr
Jazz Pharmaceuticals INC. $53.11 2019-2023
Boston Scientific Corporation $51.05 2025 General - Pain Management
Sk Life Science, INC. $43.34 2022-2023
Ucb, INC. $41.73 2019-2020
Grifols USA, LLC $38.34 2022
Livanova USA, INC. $30.71 2019
Lilly USA, LLC $24.44 2022
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Axsome Therapeutics, INC. $22.27 2022
Depuy Synthes Sales INC. $21.78 2019
Biogen, INC. $18.81 2023 Skyclarys
Banner Life Sciences, LLC $17.68 2022
Inspire Medical Systems, INC. $17.54 2025 Inspire
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products INC. $16.78 2022
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, INC. $16.31 2022
Akcea Therapeutics, INC. $15.94 2019
Neurelis, INC. $14.10 2023 Valtoco
Neurocrine Biosciences, INC. $14.06 2019
Amgen INC. $13.37 2019
Abbott Laboratories $13.13 2024 Eterna
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC $12.74 2020
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, INC. $12.67 2021
Tanabe Pharma America, INC. $12.49 2022

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

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Payment summary

Brian Thomas Farrell

$4,868.76

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Medtronic USA, INC.
Context
The $68.59 reported for 2025 was less than what a typical Neurological Surgery provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $604).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.