Charles Yates, MD
Otology & Neurotology · Indianapolis, INNPI 1275709958
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,175 of the $3,925 with a category attached, or 80.9%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cochlear Americas at 36.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,395, 5.7 times the $245 reported in 2019.
Across 47 payments — averaging $83.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cochlear Americas$1K
- Stryker$541
- Iotamotion, Inc.$472
- Vascular Technology, Inc.$400
- Medtronic$254
- Aerin Medical Inc.$182
- plus $639 from 7 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $2002.81 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.
- Cook Research Incorporated$8K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3509%
- Speaking & faculty fees$40010%
- Food & beverage$3,17581%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cochlear Americas | 17 | $1,438 |
| Stryker | 9 | $541 |
| Iotamotion, Inc. | 3 | $472 |
| Vascular Technology, Inc. | 1 | $400 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $254 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $182 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $165 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $146 |
| Leica Microsystems Inc. | 2 | $134 |
| Cook Biotech Incorporated | 2 | $100 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $39 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 1 | $38 |
| Med-el Corporation | 1 | $16 |
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$753
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$604
- OSIA OSI300 IMPLANT$604
- iotaSOFT$451
- Cochlear$299
- MIDAS REX$182
- VIVAER STYLUS$182
- RHINAER STYLUS$182
- CORE$160
- Acclarent Aera$148
- Inspira Air$148
- RELIEVA SPINPLUS NAV$148
- TruDi Probe$148
- ACCLARENT NAVWIRE Sinus Navigation Guidewire$123
- NSE - HIGH SPEED DRILLS$117
- SONOPET IQ$115
How this compares
Too few otology & neurotology providers in Indianato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ofloxacin | 22 | $1,089 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 18 | $98 |
| Prednisone | 12 | $14 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otology & neurotology in Indianapolis
- Rick NelsonIndianapolis$23K
- Michael FritschIndianapolis$17K
- Evan CumpstonIndianapolis$4K
- Richard MiyamotoIndianapolis$3K
- Vincent OstrowskiIndianapolis$2K
- Jerry HouseIndianapolis$38
- George HicksIndianapolis$13
- Michael DisherFort Wayne$3K
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.