Christian Paquet, MD
Otolaryngology · Phoenix, AZNPI 1295074458
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,272 of the $7,995 with a category attached, or 78.4%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 35.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,573 and has fallen 60.4% since, to $623 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in AZ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 134 payments — averaging $59.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Aerin Medical Inc.$2K
- GSK$139
- Optinose US, Inc.$118
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$101
- plus $531 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,20015%
- Travel & lodging$5247%
- Food & beverage$6,27278%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 40 | $2,872 |
| Stryker | 24 | $2,175 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 29 | $2,059 |
| GSK | 6 | $139 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 7 | $118 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 6 | $101 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $85 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $54 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 2 | $51 |
| Regeneron | 1 | $39 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $26 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $22 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
- VIVAER STYLUS$1,316
- NUVENT$811
- RHINAER STYLUS$516
- ENTELLUS - FIAGON SINUS NAVIGATION SYSTEM$486
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$479
- CLARIFIX$304
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$176
- PROPEL$157
- ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$153
- NIM-RESPONSE$149
- NIM Vital$138
- NIM$136
- FUSION$135
- StealthStation$127
- SPINEMAP$123
- AUDION ET DILATION SYSTEM$120
How this compares
$7,995 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 150 otolaryngology providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 144 | $3,136 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 28 | $985 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 56 | $965 |
| Omeprazole | 24 | $565 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 16 | $162 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 12 | $145 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $77 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 14 | $55 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Phoenix
- Peter KaiserPhoenix$114K
- Farhan TaghizadehPhoenix$46K
- Shawn StevensPhoenix$33K
- Richard PearlsteinPhoenix$10K
- Devyani LalPhoenix$8K
- Alyson KaplanPhoenix$6K
- Manikandan SugumaranPhoenix$6K
- Robert BridgePhoenix$6K
- Jeffrey TaffetPhoenix$6K
- Michael GutmanPhoenix$4K
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.