Brian Weeks, MD
Otolaryngology · San Diego, CANPI 1639185234
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $817,170 of the $923,602 with a category attached, or 88.5%. Stryker accounts for 87.5% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among otolaryngology clinicians in CA 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 1,038 payments — averaging $889.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$808K
- Acclarent, Inc$59K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$17K
- Neurent Medical Limited$14K
- Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$11K
- Arrinex, Inc.$6K
- plus $8K from 12 others
Across 160 payments — averaging $4461.46 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.
- Livanova USA, Inc.$640K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$56K
- Neurent Medical Limited$18K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$817,17088%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,6501%
- Travel & lodging$74,2138%
- Food & beverage$25,5693%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 918 | $808,437 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 46 | $58,895 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 14 | $16,911 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 5 | $13,726 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $10,964 |
| Arrinex, Inc. | 6 | $6,280 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 2 | $3,880 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 6 | $2,267 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $1,000 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 9 | $685 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $150 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $105 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $98 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $81 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $17 |
| Spirair, 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.
- LATERA$381,558
- CLARIFIX CRYOTHERAPY DEVICE$326,292
- SCOPIS ENT$309,828
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$233,116
- XPRESS LOPROFILE$118,916
- CLARIFIX$110,266
- SHAVER SYSTEM$103,460
- ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$97,541
- TGS GUIDEWIRE$78,879
- TruDi Navigation System$31,787
- AUDION ET DILATION SYSTEM$24,997
- SpinPlus Navigation$23,199
- ACCLARENT Balloon Inflation Device$22,880
- ORTHOMAP$17,250
- CYCLONE SINONASAL SUCTION/IRRIGATION SYSTEM$13,942
- NEUROMARK Device$13,702
- NEUROMARK Radiofrequency Console$13,702
- XEROGEL NASAL/EPISTAXIS 2 PACK$12,078
- DSUVIA$10,899
- ACCLARENT NAVWIRE Sinus Navigation Guidewire$10,697
How this compares
$923,602 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,021 otolaryngology providers in California.
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 | 52 | $1,059 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 39 | $664 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 12 | $398 |
| Methylprednisolone | 16 | $123 |
| Mupirocin | 12 | $83 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $49 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in San Diego
- Adam DecondeSan Diego$32K
- Theresa GuoSan Diego$24K
- Charles TesarSan Diego$21K
- Charles CoffeySan Diego$20K
- Erik ViirreSan Diego$17K
- Jo-Lawrence BigcasSan Diego$15K
- Randall OwRoseville$613K
- Amir MoradiVista$389K
- Keith BlackwellLos Angeles$349K
- Kalpna DurairajSun Valley$348K
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.