Dr. Seth Albert Bellister , MD
Surgery • Tyler, TX
3885 Brighton Creek Cir
Tyler, TX 757071676
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NPI assigned on August 21, 2012; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 66 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 99222 — Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making: 32 service units.
- 99232 — Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making: 20 service units.
- 99221 — Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day: 14 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 85% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Tyler, TX (2024, 19 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 183. Middle half: 99 to 283.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Texas (2024, 1,113 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 148. Middle half: 72 to 277.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 217 in 2019 to 66 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2019–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
3885 Brighton Creek Cir
Tyler, TX 757071676
NPPES lists 2 distinct additional practice-address records in Houston, TX; Nashville, TN. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Lutheran Medical Group Llc. See the list
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
University Of Nevada School Of Medicine
2009
What Public CMS Data Show
Surgery: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
77 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $6,548 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $5,209 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $3,252.65 across 9 records.
By nature of payment
- Education: $2,500.00 across 1 record.
- Travel and Lodging: $530.00 across 2 records.
- Food and Beverage: $222.65 across 6 records.
Reporting-company totals
- INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.: $3,176.88 across 5 records.
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated: $47.50 across 2 records.
- Solventum Corporation: $28.27 across 2 records.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.
Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).
Years since graduation
17 years (graduated 2009)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2009 as the year this clinician finished professional school.
It tells you roughly how long ago the clinician finished school.
What this does not show: Years since graduation
It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.
NPI first issued
2012
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Accepts Medicare assignment
CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
With Original Medicare, you usually pay only your deductible and coinsurance, and the office sends the claim to Medicare for you.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Dr. Bellister has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Can order Medicare-covered services
CMS lists Dr. Bellister as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.
Medicare pays for these items and services only when they are ordered by an eligible clinician.
What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services
It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Tyler and Texas
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 85% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Tyler, TX (2024, 19 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 183. Middle half: 99 to 283.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Texas (2024, 1,113 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 148. Middle half: 72 to 277.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Tyler, TX (2024, 19 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $27,732. Middle half: $9,226 to $75,691.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 80% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Texas (2024, 1,113 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $20,825. Middle half: $8,873 to $41,247.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 80% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Tyler, TX (2024, 19 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $20,677. Middle half: $7,041 to $59,576.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 80% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Texas (2024, 1,113 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $15,568. Middle half: $6,700 to $31,964.
29 active clinicians are listed under Surgery with a practice address in Tyler, TX (2,193 in Texas).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Tyler
3.4% of these 29 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
69% of these 29 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services decreased 70% from 217 in 2019 to 66 in 2024.
- 2019: 217
- 2021: 191
- 2022: 60
- 2023: 21
- 2024: 66
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 74% from $25,201 in 2019 to $6,548 in 2024.
- 2019: $25,201
- 2021: $31,295
- 2022: $11,114
- 2023: $2,695
- 2024: $6,548
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 74% from $20,062 in 2019 to $5,209 in 2024.
- 2019: $20,062
- 2021: $24,845
- 2022: $8,356
- 2023: $2,157
- 2024: $5,209
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $176.00 in 2020 to $3,252.65 in 2025.
- 2020: $176.00
- 2021: $471.41
- 2022: $445.48
- 2023: $20.21
- 2025: $3,252.65
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures
Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments
Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2025): fewer than 11 records totaling $3,252.65.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. |
Education
In-kind items and services
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DAVINCI XI | General | $2,500.00 |
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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Da Vinci Surgical System | General | $524.00 |
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Da Vinci Surgical System | General | $135.00 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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— | General | $25.75 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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— | General | $21.75 |
| Solventum Corporation |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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V.A.C. VERAFLO | General | $14.63 |
| Solventum Corporation |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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V.A.C. VERAFLO | General | $13.64 |
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Da Vinci Surgical System | General | $11.88 |
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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Da Vinci Surgical System | General | $6.00 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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99222
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes
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32 | 32 | $477.22 | $123.00 |
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99232
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes
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20 | 13 | $259.50 | $75.55 |
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99221
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 40 minutes
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14 | 14 | $302.43 | $78.61 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2023-12-29NUCC Taxonomy Code: 208600000X
A general surgeon has expertise related to the diagnosis - preoperative, operative and postoperative management - and management of complications of surgical conditions in the following areas: alimentary tract; abdomen; breast, skin and soft tissue; endocrine system; head and neck surgery; pediatric surgery; surgical critical care; surgical oncology; trauma and burns; and vascular surgery. General surgeons increasingly provide care through the use of minimally invasive and endoscopic techniques. Many general surgeons also possess expertise in transplantation surgery, plastic surgery and cardiothoracic surgery.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 208600000X
A general surgeon has expertise related to the diagnosis - preoperative, operative and postoperative management - and management of complications of surgical conditions in the following areas: alimentary tract; abdomen; breast, skin and soft tissue; endocrine system; head and neck surgery; pediatric surgery; surgical critical care; surgical oncology; trauma and burns; and vascular surgery. General surgeons increasingly provide care through the use of minimally invasive and endoscopic techniques. Many general surgeons also possess expertise in transplantation surgery, plastic surgery and cardiothoracic surgery.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 208600000X
A general surgeon has expertise related to the diagnosis - preoperative, operative and postoperative management - and management of complications of surgical conditions in the following areas: alimentary tract; abdomen; breast, skin and soft tissue; endocrine system; head and neck surgery; pediatric surgery; surgical critical care; surgical oncology; trauma and burns; and vascular surgery. General surgeons increasingly provide care through the use of minimally invasive and endoscopic techniques. Many general surgeons also possess expertise in transplantation surgery, plastic surgery and cardiothoracic surgery.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 2086S0127X
Trauma surgery is a recognized subspecialty of general surgery. Trauma surgeons are physicians who have completed a five-year general surgery residency and usually continue with a one to two year fellowship in trauma and/or surgical critical care, typically leading to additional board certification in surgical critical care. There is no trauma surgery board certification at this point. To obtain board certification in surgical critical care, a fellowship in surgical critical care or anesthesiology critical care must be completed during or after general surgery residency.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 2086S0127X
Trauma surgery is a recognized subspecialty of general surgery. Trauma surgeons are physicians who have completed a five-year general surgery residency and usually continue with a one to two year fellowship in trauma and/or surgical critical care, typically leading to additional board certification in surgical critical care. There is no trauma surgery board certification at this point. To obtain board certification in surgical critical care, a fellowship in surgical critical care or anesthesiology critical care must be completed during or after general surgery residency.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 2086S0127X
Trauma surgery is a recognized subspecialty of general surgery. Trauma surgeons are physicians who have completed a five-year general surgery residency and usually continue with a one to two year fellowship in trauma and/or surgical critical care, typically leading to additional board certification in surgical critical care. There is no trauma surgery board certification at this point. To obtain board certification in surgical critical care, a fellowship in surgical critical care or anesthesiology critical care must be completed during or after general surgery residency.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - GENERAL SURGERY
I20231229001295
IN
9537433727
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Medicare Group Practice Enrollments
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
Lutheran Medical Group Llc
7900 W Jefferson Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 468044128
Phone: 2604583610
Secondary Practice Locations
6431 Fannin St
Houston, TX 770301501
Phone: 7135007216
1211 21st Ave S # Mab404
Nashville, TN 372122717
Phone: 6159360303
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: VA 0101261822)
Registered at 3885 BRIGHTON CREEK CIR, TYLER, TX 757071676 (Tel: 7757475459)
Registered at 3885 BRIGHTON CREEK CIR, TYLER, TX 757071676
Registered at 225 HOSPITAL DR, GALAX, VA 243332228 (Tel: 2762366906)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 1211 21ST AVE S # MAB404, NASHVILLE, TN 372122717 (Tel: (615) 936-0303)
Registered at 1211 21ST AVE S # MAB404, NASHVILLE, TN 372122717 (Tel: (615) 936-0303)
Recorded as SETH BELLISTER, M.D.
Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: TX BP10034463)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 6431 FANNIN ST, HOUSTON, TX 770301501 (Tel: 7135007216)
Registered at 1535 NICHOLE WOODS DR, HOUSTON, TX 770474445 (Tel: 7757622585)
Recorded as SETH BELLISTER, M.D.
Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: TX BP10034463)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Surgery Specialists in Tyler
- Dr. Darrell Alley, MD
- Dr. Michael Norton, MD
- Dr. Robert Mckinney, MD
- Dr. Brijesh Gill, MD
- Charles Beall
- Dr. James Fraser, MD
Mailing Address
3885 Brighton Creek Cir
Tyler, TX 757071676