Do-Yeon Cho
Otolaryngology · Birmingham, ALNPI 1104051408
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (41.7%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sanofi at 25.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $9,654, 4.9 times the $1,963 reported in 2019. Among otolaryngology clinicians in AL 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 138 payments — averaging $140.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$5K
- Medtronic$4K
- Aerin Medical Inc.$3K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$2K
- Optinose US, Inc.$2K
- 3-d Matrix, Inc.$919
- plus $2K from 11 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $12,380 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.
- Eli Lilly$41K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$7K
- Roche Products Limited$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,53623%
- Travel & lodging$6,77235%
- Food & beverage$8,10042%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 7 | $4,943 |
| Medtronic | 37 | $3,599 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 32 | $3,434 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 19 | $2,337 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 11 | $2,056 |
| 3-d Matrix, Inc. | 2 | $919 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 13 | $763 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 6 | $498 |
| Spirair, Inc. | 2 | $167 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 1 | $132 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| GSK | 1 | $104 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Stryker | 2 | $83 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $38 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $17 |
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.
- DUPIXENT$5,211
- VIVAER STYLUS$2,513
- RHINAER STYLUS$1,703
- Xhance$1,661
- FUSION$1,638
- PROPEL$568
- QUADCUT$547
- TruDi Nav Cable$361
- SeptAlign$262
- Relieva Spinplus$237
- NEUROMARK System$132
- NEUROMARK Radiofrequency Console$132
- SINUVA$118
- NUCALA$104
How this compares
$19,408 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 155 otolaryngology providers in Alabama.
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 PenDupilumab | 32 | $116,183 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 68 | $2,882 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 47 | $1,610 |
| Desloratadine | 15 | $1,157 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 57 | $818 |
| Clarithromycin | 11 | $197 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 11 | $123 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 13 | $111 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Birmingham
- Michael SillersBirmingham$53K
- Justin TurnerBirmingham$34K
- Bradford WoodworthBirmingham$27K
- Patrick OwensBirmingham$26K
- Kirk WithrowBirmingham$22K
- Andrew FusonBirmingham$18K
- Benjamin GreeneBirmingham$15K
- William BarberBirmingham$13K
- Dennis PappasBirmingham$13K
- Ryan MarshallBirmingham$9K
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.