Alexandra Kejner, MD
Otolaryngology · Charleston, SCNPI 1801020466
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (31.7%), speaking fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Coopersurgical, Inc. at 30.4% of the total. Among otolaryngology clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 57 payments — averaging $339.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Coopersurgical, Inc.$6K
- Intuitive Surgical$5K
- Kls-martin L.p.$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Cook Incorporated$2K
- Baxter Healthcare$675
- plus $2K from 12 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $112,515 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Merck$225K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,13032%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,68019%
- Travel & lodging$3,10116%
- Food & beverage$2,92715%
- Education$3,50018%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $5,880 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 11 | $4,674 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 6 | $2,651 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 11 | $1,852 |
| Cook Incorporated | 1 | $1,680 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $675 |
| Stryker | 5 | $576 |
| Vioptix Inc | 2 | $562 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $263 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $183 |
| Axogen | 4 | $159 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $50 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $19 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 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.
- Summit Doppler$5,880
- DA VINCI SP$3,500
- Cook-Swartz$1,680
- TRUMATCH$1,514
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,079
- Kerecis SurgiClose$1,050
- T. Ox Tissue Oximeter$562
- Kerecis GraftGuide$263
- NA$253
- Restrata Wound Matrix$163
- VSP SYSTEM, VSP CRANIAL$131
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$116
- SPY-PHI SYSTEM$101
How this compares
$19,338 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 180 otolaryngology providers in South Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pentoxifylline | 33 | $749 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 49 | $638 |
| Gabapentin | 22 | $331 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 16 | $151 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 25 | $103 |
| Methylprednisolone | 14 | $93 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 16 | $67 |
| Famotidine | 11 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Charleston
- Shaun NguyenCharleston$973K
- Rodney SchlosserCharleston$382K
- Zachary SolerCharleston$67K
- Eugene BrownCharleston$28K
- Jason NewmanCharleston$26K
- Joshua HornigCharleston$25K
- Ashli OrourkeCharleston$21K
- Evan GraboyesCharleston$18K
- Mohamed AbdelwahabCharleston$15K
- Jeffrey HoultonCharleston$11K
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.