Craig Miller, MD
Otolaryngology · Seattle, WANPI 1104244854
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (48.3%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 65.7% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $15,926 and has fallen 97.3% since, to $437 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in WA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 91 payments — averaging $264.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$16K
- Aerin Medical Inc.$5K
- Sanofi$2K
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$685
- Stryker$503
- Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC$210
- plus $421 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,55919%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,63348%
- Travel & lodging$2,76211%
- Food & beverage$5,02221%
- Entertainment$1160%
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 | 38 | $15,836 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 20 | $4,892 |
| Sanofi | 10 | $1,545 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $685 |
| Stryker | 12 | $503 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $210 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 3 | $169 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $97 |
| Axogen | 1 | $26 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- PROPEL$9,829
- VIVAER STYLUS$4,725
- NUVENT$2,005
- RHINAER STYLUS$1,825
- DUPIXENT$1,144
- XEOMIN$165
- LATERA$156
- Inspire$110
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$109
How this compares
$24,092 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 254 otolaryngology providers in Washington.
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 | 51 | $1,314 |
| Azithromycin | 65 | $869 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 27 | $671 |
| Omeprazole | 26 | $494 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 20 | $387 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 58 | $327 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 11 | $285 |
| Mupirocin | 11 | $237 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 83 | $155 |
| Prednisone | 18 | $66 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 15 | $52 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 16 | $40 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 12 | $18 |
| Lorazepam | 12 | $6 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Seattle
- Ian HumphreysSeattle$43K
- Sachin GuptaSeattle$23K
- Sharon CushingSeattle$19K
- Albert MeratiSeattle$9K
- Alexander ChiuSeattle$9K
- Lucy ShiSeattle$4K
- Zain RizviSeattle$4K
- Mien Chi ChenSeattle$3K
- Rocco FerrandinoSeattle$3K
- Cole RodmanSeattle$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.