Charles della Santina, MD
Otolaryngology · Baltimore, MDNPI 1497790059
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (45.1%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Med-el Corporation. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,099 and has fallen 91.4% since, to $180 in 2024.
Across 13 payments — averaging $182.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Med-el Corporation$2K
Across 4 payments — averaging $73,742 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.
- Novartis$150K
- Med-el Corporation$145K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,06845%
- Food & beverage$54323%
- Education$75532%
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 | 13 | $2,366 |
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.
How this compares
$2,366 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 222 otolaryngology providers in Maryland.
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 Baltimore
- Marc DubinBaltimore$350K
- Patrick HaBaltimore$41K
- Andrew LaneBaltimore$34K
- Jean KimBaltimore$29K
- Nicholas RowanBaltimore$25K
- Rodney TaylorBaltimore$18K
- Kyle HattenBaltimore$12K
- Alexander HillelBaltimore$11K
- Carole FakhryBaltimore$11K
- Lee AkstBaltimore$10K
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.