Eric Becken, MD
Otolaryngology · Woodbury, MNNPI 1578509832
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Aerin Medical Inc. at 55.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,367, more than ten times the $118 reported in 2019.
Across 43 payments — averaging $101.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$2K
- Neurent Medical Limited$599
- Medtronic$557
- Preceptis Medical, Inc.$214
- Cochlear Americas$188
- Pentax Of America, Inc.$122
- plus $292 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,09248%
- Food & beverage$2,29152%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 15 | $2,412 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 7 | $599 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $557 |
| Preceptis Medical, Inc. | 3 | $214 |
| Cochlear Americas | 3 | $188 |
| Pentax Of America, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $120 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 3 | $118 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Med-el Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
- VIVAER STYLUS$2,116
- RHINAER STYLUS$699
- NEUROMARK Device$335
- NEUROMARK Radiofrequency Console$335
- Cochlear$286
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$228
- Hummingbird Tympanostomy Tube System$210
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$159
- Baha$143
- VIDEO ESOPHAGOSCOPE$122
- Acclarent Aera$120
- Inspira Air$120
- RELIEVA SPINPLUS NAV$120
- TruDi Probe$120
How this compares
$4,384 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 71 | $2,038 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 109 | $1,405 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 12 | $1,360 |
| Omeprazole | 57 | $1,108 |
| Ofloxacin | 29 | $763 |
| Famotidine | 31 | $635 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 30 | $596 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 27 | $576 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 32 | $413 |
| Azithromycin | 40 | $285 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 12 | $200 |
| Methylprednisolone | 25 | $159 |
| Mupirocin | 22 | $148 |
| Cephalexin | 16 | $133 |
| Hydrocortisone | 29 | $105 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Woodbury
- Benjamin AddicksWoodbury$2K
- Jamie FlohrWoodbury$1K
- Richard KarlenWoodbury$1K
- Samuel LevineMinneapolis$151K
- George GodingMinneapolis$143K
- Theodore TruittSaint Cloud$96K
- Matthew CarlsonRochester$80K
- Troy HemmeMaple Grove$28K
- Michael PaparellaMinneapolis$22K
- Oleg FroymovichMinneapolis$20K
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.