David Kaylie, MD
Otolaryngology · Durham, NCNPI 1972690097
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $6,337 of the $6,984 with a category attached, or 90.7%. Merck accounts for 75.2% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,587 and has fallen 89.7% since, to $164 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in NC 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 16 payments — averaging $436.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$5K
- Acclarent, Inc$1K
- Stryker$313
- 3nt Medical$164
- Med-el Corporation$95
- Cochlear Americas$75
Across 1 payment — averaging $750.00 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.
- Med-el Corporation$750
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,33791%
- Food & beverage$6479%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 9 | $5,250 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $1,087 |
| Stryker | 2 | $313 |
| 3nt Medical | 1 | $164 |
| Med-el Corporation | 1 | $95 |
| Cochlear Americas | 1 | $75 |
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.
- ACCLARENT AERA EUSTACHIAN TUBE BALLOON DILATION SYSTEM$1,087
- TREVO$165
- Colibri Micro ENT Scope$164
- CORE$149
- SWITCHPOINT INFINITY, ISUITE$149
- SONOPET IQ$149
- STRYKER NAV3I$149
How this compares
$6,984 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 362 otolaryngology providers in North Carolina.
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 Durham
- David JangDurham$324K
- Ralph Abi HachemDurham$9K
- Feras AckallDurham$7K
- Seth CohenDurham$6K
- Robert FerrisRaleigh$258K
- Adam ZanationHickory$227K
- Brent SeniorChapel Hill$91K
- Charles EbertChapel Hill$57K
- Adam CampbellWinston Salem$47K
- Harold PillsburyChapel Hill$42K
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.