Colin Driscoll, MD
Otolaryngology · Rochester, MNNPI 1174593321
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (45.2%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cochlear Ltd at 41.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,116 and has fallen 95.4% since, to $145 in 2025.
Across 26 payments — averaging $179.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cochlear Ltd$2K
- Cochlear Americas$922
- Medtronic$575
- Advanced Bionics, LLC$350
- Med-el Corporation$320
- Oticon Medical, LLC$187
- plus $372 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,17525%
- Travel & lodging$1,38330%
- Food & beverage$2,11145%
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 Ltd | 2 | $1,943 |
| Cochlear Americas | 6 | $922 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $575 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 9 | $350 |
| Med-el Corporation | 3 | $320 |
| Oticon Medical, LLC | 1 | $187 |
| Stryker | 2 | $179 |
| Grace Medical, Inc. | 1 | $152 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $41 |
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$2,208
- Nucleus$1,943
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$749
- Baha BI300 implant 4 mm$600
- Cochlear Osia OSI200 Implant$600
- Cochlear$232
- PONTO BONE ANCHORED HEARING SYSTEM$187
- OSIA OSI300 IMPLANT$149
- MED-EL Maestro Cochlear Implant System$142
- Mi1250 SYNCHRONY 2 FLEXsoft$110
- BCI 602 Kit$110
- HiResolution Bionic Ear System$110
How this compares
$4,669 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 181 otolaryngology providers in Minnesota.
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 Rochester
- Matthew CarlsonRochester$80K
- Rijul KshirsagarRochester$18K
- Brian NeffRochester$16K
- Carlos Pinheiro NetoRochester$11K
- Dale EkbomRochester$9K
- Terenece ZimmermannRochester$7K
- James DornhofferRochester$5K
- Joshua WiedermannRochester$4K
- Eleni RettigRochester$4K
- Jacob DeyRochester$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.