Alexander Bien, MD
Otology & Neurotology · Oklahoma City, OKNPI 1881734614
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 81 payments — averaging $186.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$11K
- Med-el Corporation$2K
- Advanced Bionics, LLC$580
- Grace Medical, Inc.$556
- Cochlear Americas$393
- Axogen$310
- plus $428 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,64057%
- Travel & lodging$1,83512%
- Food & beverage$4,59630%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 22 | $11,303 |
| Med-el Corporation | 19 | $1,500 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 15 | $580 |
| Grace Medical, Inc. | 3 | $556 |
| Cochlear Americas | 11 | $393 |
| Axogen | 3 | $310 |
| Stryker | 3 | $208 |
| GSK | 1 | $125 |
| Novartis | 2 | $53 |
| Springworks Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $19 |
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.
- MIDAS REX$10,506
- Mi1250 SYNCHRONY 2 FLEXsoft$471
- BCI 602 Kit$471
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$298
- HiResolution Bionic Ear System$211
- NICO MYRIAD SPECTRA$172
- N/A$149
- ADHEAR Professional Kit$144
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$128
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$128
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$128
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$128
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$128
- NUCALA$125
- MED-EL Maestro Cochlear Implant System$101
How this compares
Too few otology & neurotology providers in Oklahomato 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 24 | $2,594 |
| Ofloxacin | 28 | $651 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 23 | $337 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 11 | $275 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otology & neurotology in Oklahoma City
- Richard KopkeOklahoma City$111
- Mark WoodEdmond$37K
- Wayne BerryhillNorman$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.