Brendan O Connell, MD
Otolaryngology · Charlotte, NCNPI 1356662936
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (38.9%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Med-el Corporation at 55.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $16,573 and has fallen 85.6% since, to $2,379 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in NC 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 106 payments — averaging $265.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Med-el Corporation$16K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$10K
- Cochlear Americas$1K
- Advanced Bionics, LLC$453
- Medtronic$319
- Sanofi$203
- plus $602 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,93239%
- Travel & lodging$10,19136%
- Food & beverage$6,11622%
- Education$6952%
- Gifts$1561%
- Other$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Med-el Corporation | 51 | $15,697 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 12 | $9,554 |
| Cochlear Americas | 11 | $1,276 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 8 | $453 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $319 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $203 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 3 | $166 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $149 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $104 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| GSK | 2 | $47 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $16 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $15 |
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $14 |
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.
- MED-EL Maestro Cochlear Implant System$9,072
- CMF INSTRUMENTS$8,160
- MATRIXMIDFACE$8,160
- MATRIXNEURO$8,160
- MODULAR HAND SYSTEM$8,160
- Mi1250 SYNCHRONY 2 FLEXsoft$5,729
- BCI 602 Kit$5,412
- VIBRANT Soundbridge Middle Ear Implant and BONEBRIDGE System$3,518
- ADHEAR System$3,404
- ADHEAR Professional Kit$2,662
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$1,084
- Baha BI300 implant 4 mm$1,084
- Cochlear Osia OSI200 Implant$1,084
- DUPIXENT$342
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$153
- MIDAS REX$137
- Xhance$125
- HiResolution Bionic Ear System$118
- Relieva Spinplus$104
How this compares
$28,104 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 362 otolaryngology providers in North 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 37 | $4,424 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 29 | $780 |
| Ofloxacin | 25 | $571 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 44 | $276 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 22 | $135 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 29 | $130 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $37 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $28 |
| Diazepam | 11 | $18 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Charlotte
- Zachary CappelloCharlotte$23K
- Michael SicardCharlotte$17K
- Hunter HooverCharlotte$15K
- Douglas VillaretCharlotte$7K
- Joshua LevineCharlotte$6K
- Daron SmithCharlotte$4K
- Tyler JanzCharlotte$4K
- David JangDurham$324K
- Robert FerrisRaleigh$258K
- Adam ZanationHickory$227K
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.