Daniel Choo, MD
Pediatric Otolaryngology · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1447270053
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (58.9%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Cook Medical LLC accounts for 60.3% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,329 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $19 in 2025. Among pediatric otolaryngology clinicians in OH 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 16 payments — averaging $437.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cook Medical LLC$4K
- Eli Lilly$2K
- Stryker$181
- 3nt Medical$171
- Advanced Bionics, LLC$167
- Med-el Corporation$74
- plus $23 from 1 others
Across 14 payments — averaging $12,697 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$107K
- Eli Lilly$71K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,00029%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,12359%
- Travel & lodging$1082%
- Food & beverage$77011%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cook Medical LLC | 4 | $4,219 |
| Eli Lilly | 3 | $2,166 |
| Stryker | 3 | $181 |
| 3nt Medical | 2 | $171 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 2 | $167 |
| Med-el Corporation | 1 | $74 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
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
$7,000 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 42 pediatric otolaryngology providers in Ohio.
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 pediatric otolaryngology in Cincinnati
- John GreinwaldCincinnati$13K
- Catherine HartCincinnati$2K
- Christine HeubiCincinnati$2K
- Michael RutterCincinnati$1K
- Matthew SmithCincinnati$977
- David SmithCincinnati$717
- Michel NassarCincinnati$663
- Charles MyerCincinnati$473
- Aimee KennedyCincinnati$287
- Sally ShottCincinnati$278
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.