Bruce Gantz, MD
Otolaryngology · Iowa City, IANPI 1730173592
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $109,177 of the $169,732 with a category attached, or 64.3%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cochlear Americas at 50.2% of the total. Among otolaryngology clinicians in IA 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 210 payments — averaging $808.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cochlear Americas$85K
- Med-el Corporation$71K
- Cochlear Ltd$10K
- Stryker$2K
- Iotamotion, Inc.$2K
- Grace Medical, Inc.$377
- plus $308 from 1 others
Across 174 payments — averaging $15,256 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.
- Cochlear Americas$2.6M
- Iotamotion, Inc.$12K
Across 4 payments — averaging $25,229 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Iotamotion, Inc.$101K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$41,08024%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,0002%
- Grants$5,0003%
- Travel & lodging$109,17764%
- Food & beverage$10,9796%
- Education$4960%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cochlear Americas | 97 | $85,143 |
| Med-el Corporation | 87 | $70,651 |
| Cochlear Ltd | 6 | $9,580 |
| Stryker | 9 | $1,984 |
| Iotamotion, Inc. | 4 | $1,689 |
| Grace Medical, Inc. | 3 | $377 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 4 | $308 |
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.
- Baha$88,381
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$58,319
- Mi1250 SYNCHRONY 2 FLEXsoft$54,348
- OSIA OSI300 IMPLANT$53,119
- BCI 602 Kit$38,191
- ADHEAR Professional Kit$37,441
- Nucleus$29,402
- MED-EL Maestro Cochlear Implant System$14,432
- Cochlear$11,719
- VIBRANT Soundbridge Middle Ear Implant and BONEBRIDGE System$9,432
- ADHEAR System$9,432
- Baha BI300 implant 4 mm$5,200
- Cochlear Osia OSI200 Implant$5,200
- iotaSOFT Insertion System$953
- NONE$883
- iotaSOFT$736
- UNIVERSAL NEURO$304
- Osia$147
- HIRES ULTRA CI HIFOCUS MS ELECTRODE$111
How this compares
$169,733 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 103 otolaryngology providers in Iowa.
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.
Other otolaryngology in Iowa City
- Nancy BaumanIowa City$31K
- Brian AndrewsIowa City$9K
- Douglas BennionIowa City$6K
- Grace NimmonsIowa City$4K
- Henry HoffmanIowa City$4K
- Michael ReedIowa City$3K
- Zaid Al-QurayshiIowa City$3K
- Megan JensenIowa City$2K
- Prashanth PrabakaranIowa City$2K
- Elyse HanlyIowa City$2K
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.