Anthony Sanders, MD
Otolaryngology · Columbus, INNPI 1689671885
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,810 of the $7,812 with a category attached, or 87.2%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Aerin Medical Inc. at 29.6% of the total.
Across 183 payments — averaging $42.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Spirair, Inc.$1K
- GSK$424
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$308
- plus $423 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$98313%
- Food & beverage$6,81087%
- Entertainment$190%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 34 | $2,313 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 28 | $1,795 |
| Stryker | 63 | $1,283 |
| Spirair, Inc. | 2 | $1,266 |
| GSK | 18 | $424 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 18 | $308 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $110 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 5 | $85 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 3 | $65 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Arrinex, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $15 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- SeptAlign$2,532
- TURBALIGN$1,978
- VIVAER STYLUS$1,366
- RHINAER STYLUS$1,366
- NUVENT$1,281
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$277
- NUCALA$122
- ENTELLUS - FIAGON SINUS NAVIGATION SYSTEM$119
- VivAer$105
- RhinAer$105
How this compares
$7,812 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 193 otolaryngology providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 21 | $79,892 |
| XhanceFluticasone Propionate | 13 | $7,765 |
| Cefdinir | 184 | $4,906 |
| Ofloxacin | 59 | $3,234 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 196 | $2,249 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 91 | $2,182 |
| Pilocarpine Hcl | 28 | $2,007 |
| Omeprazole | 196 | $1,644 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 134 | $1,505 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 16 | $1,094 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 156 | $884 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 64 | $709 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 32 | $522 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 89 | $414 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 34 | $403 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Optinose US, Inc.Xhance | $85 | $7,76513 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 193 otolaryngology providers in Indiana.
Other otolaryngology in Columbus
- Nicholas HollenkampColumbus$10K
- Joshua GreeneAnderson$955K
- Satyan SreenathIndianapolis$103K
- Stephen FreemanCarmel$33K
- Venkata KakarlapudiNew Albany$33K
- Elisa IllingIndianapolis$28K
- Colin NeumannNew Albany$26K
- Erin KevernElkhart$26K
- Aaron DubersteinLafayette$22K
- Noah ParkerCarmel$19K
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.