Alpen Patel, MD
Otolaryngology · Mount Airy, MDNPI 1780615344
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,088 of the $7,814 with a category attached, or 65.1%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. at 26.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,724, 4.0 times the $680 reported in 2020. Among otolaryngology clinicians in MD with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 128 payments — averaging $61.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$2K
- Aerin Medical Inc.$2K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$1K
- Neurent Medical Limited$837
- Optinose US, Inc.$426
- GSK$354
- plus $1K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,01713%
- Travel & lodging$1,70822%
- Food & beverage$5,08865%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 26 | $2,074 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 27 | $1,993 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 11 | $1,072 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 3 | $837 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 21 | $426 |
| GSK | 8 | $354 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $209 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 5 | $138 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 5 | $134 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $81 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $65 |
| Stryker | 2 | $58 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $54 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Cochlear Americas | 1 | $23 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $21 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Greer Laboratories, Inc. | 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.
- VIVAER STYLUS$1,272
- INTEGRA$858
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$821
- NEUROMARK Device$750
- NEUROMARK Radiofrequency Console$750
- Inspire$696
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$286
- PRIMATRIX$286
- GENTRIX$286
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$114
- Acclarent Aera$110
- Inspira Air$110
- TruDi Probe$110
- RHINAER STYLUS$106
How this compares
$7,814 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 222 otolaryngology providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 66 | $1,674 |
| Ofloxacin | 18 | $420 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 13 | $277 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 17 | $273 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 13 | $272 |
| Famotidine | 32 | $213 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 12 | $151 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 38 | $127 |
| Prednisone | 15 | $55 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 12 | $15 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Mount Airy
- Seth OringherChevy Chase$429K
- Marc DubinBaltimore$350K
- Douglas RehLutherville Timonium$231K
- Patrick HaBaltimore$41K
- Joshua LevyBethesda$40K
- Andrew LaneBaltimore$34K
- Jean KimBaltimore$29K
- Nicholas RowanBaltimore$25K
- Jonathon RussellColumbia$18K
- Rodney TaylorBaltimore$18K
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.