Christopher Tiu, MD
Otolaryngology · Wheeling, WVNPI 1851384408
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,183 of the $3,270 with a category attached, or 66.8%. Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. accounts for 80.6% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,860 and has fallen 90.3% since, to $180 in 2025.
Across 55 payments — averaging $59.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$3K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$152
- Alk-abello, Inc$117
- Optinose US, Inc.$98
- Stryker$90
- Genentech USA, Inc.$72
- plus $105 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,08133%
- Food & beverage$2,18367%
- Gifts$60%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 24 | $2,636 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $152 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 8 | $117 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 7 | $98 |
| Stryker | 2 | $90 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| GSK | 2 | $37 |
| Merck | 1 | $23 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $13 |
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
$3,270 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 48 otolaryngology providers in West Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent SyringeDupilumab | 13 | $50,354 |
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 14 | $48,538 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 41 | $1,148 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 38 | $602 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 20 | $371 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 18 | $335 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 11 | $168 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 12 | $166 |
| Cephalexin | 32 | $99 |
| Amoxicillin | 28 | $94 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 33 | $81 |
| Prednisone | 26 | $47 |
| Diazepam | 13 | $32 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Wheeling
- Jeremy TiuWheeling$2K
- Raymond HinermanWheeling$250
- Wilfredo TiuWheeling$30
- Rusha PatelMorgantown$11K
- Daniel MerendaBridgeport$10K
- Jenny CrossElkins$10K
- Meghan TurnerMorgantown$9K
- Jeffson ChungMorgantown$9K
- Kevin OxleyBridgeport$7K
- Justin DouglasBeckley$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.