Ankit Kansal, MD
Otolaryngology · Astoria, NYNPI 1467985044
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,491 of the $1,754 with a category attached, or 85.0%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by GSK at 24.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $798, more than ten times the $53 reported in 2022.
Across 60 payments — averaging $29.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$432
- Stryker$397
- Sanofi$231
- Optinose US, Inc.$131
- Amgen$131
- Kaleo, Inc.$93
- plus $338 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$26215%
- Food & beverage$1,49185%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 21 | $432 |
| Stryker | 5 | $397 |
| Sanofi | 8 | $231 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 5 | $131 |
| Amgen | 5 | $131 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 4 | $93 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $69 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $47 |
| Novartis | 2 | $32 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $29 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $21 |
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.
- SCOPIS ENT$262
How this compares
$1,754 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 701 otolaryngology providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Azelastine Hcl | 151 | $2,575 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 253 | $2,311 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 11 | $1,083 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 98 | $680 |
| Famotidine | 79 | $620 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 17 | $564 |
| Ofloxacin | 17 | $548 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 27 | $461 |
| Methylprednisolone | 39 | $245 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 29 | $157 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 24 | $113 |
| Cefdinir | 11 | $73 |
| Meclizine Hcl | 13 | $49 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $31 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Astoria
- Harry PantelidesAstoria$22K
- Robert KellmanSyracuse$2.5M
- Roheen RaithathaNew York$830K
- Nora PerkinsAlbany$300K
- Moshe EphratNew Hyde Park$250K
- Gavin SetzenAlbany$243K
- Habibullah JamalRye Brook$179K
- Albert JenFlushing$171K
- Dennis KrausNew York$159K
- Nitin BhatiaWhite Plains$120K
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.