Alana Aylward
Otolaryngology · Seattle, WANPI 1790148187
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Stryker accounts for 64.1% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $890 and has fallen 91.3% since, to $78 in 2025.
Across 23 payments — averaging $100.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$1K
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$416
- Aerin Medical Inc.$142
- Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC$78
- Kls-martin L.p.$76
- Johnson & Johnson$43
- plus $73 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,07547%
- Food & beverage$1,23553%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 9 | $1,482 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 5 | $416 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $78 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 2 | $76 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $43 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $18 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
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.
- NA$1,119
- Inspire$226
- VIVAER STYLUS$142
- RHINAER STYLUS$142
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$136
How this compares
$2,310 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 254 otolaryngology providers in Washington.
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.
Other otolaryngology in Seattle
- Ian HumphreysSeattle$43K
- Craig MillerSeattle$24K
- Sachin GuptaSeattle$23K
- Sharon CushingSeattle$19K
- Albert MeratiSeattle$9K
- Alexander ChiuSeattle$9K
- Lucy ShiSeattle$4K
- Zain RizviSeattle$4K
- Mien Chi ChenSeattle$3K
- Rocco FerrandinoSeattle$3K
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.