Eric Gross, MD
Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery · El Paso, TXNPI 1053386763
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $1,472 of the $1,846 with a category attached, or 79.7%. Stryker accounts for 89.6% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,095, more than ten times the $55 reported in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $1,846.
Across 11 payments — averaging $167.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Medtronic$109
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$43
- Aerin Medical Inc.$28
- Optinose US, Inc.$12
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,47280%
- Food & beverage$37420%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 5 | $1,654 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $109 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$1,846 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 51 otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery providers in Texas.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 19 | $2,246 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 62 | $1,445 |
| Methylprednisolone | 129 | $1,090 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 31 | $1,062 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 50 | $472 |
| Omeprazole | 29 | $449 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 24 | $429 |
| Azithromycin | 103 | $398 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 15 | $112 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery in El Paso
- Yula IndeyevaAustin$579K
- Manuel LopezSan Antonio$55K
- Michel SiegelHouston$23K
- Etai FunkHouston$18K
- Jamie KuHouston$18K
- James AndrewsHouston$11K
- Daniel LeemanGeorgetown$10K
- Anand ShahSan Antonio$9K
- Russell BriggsAustin$9K
- Sneha GiriSouthlake$8K
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.