Eric Waterman, MD
Otolaryngology · Bellevue, WANPI 1093872947
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (53.4%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 78.7% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,947 and has fallen 95.1% since, to $390 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in WA 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 107 payments — averaging $139.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$12K
- Stryker$1K
- Aerin Medical Inc.$622
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$536
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$302
- Alk-abello, Inc$158
- plus $446 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,96053%
- Travel & lodging$1,82112%
- Food & beverage$5,07834%
- Education$560%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 51 | $11,744 |
| Stryker | 12 | $1,106 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 11 | $622 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 6 | $536 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $302 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 7 | $158 |
| Cochlear Americas | 1 | $143 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $113 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $87 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Arrinex, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $19 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 1 | $14 |
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.
- NUVENT$9,630
- ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$609
- PROPEL$395
- VivAer$366
- RhinAer$366
- FUSION$237
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$217
- ENTELLUS - ENTELLUS MEDICAL SHAVER SYSTEM$144
- ENTELLUS - FOCESS HD WIRELESS CAMERA$144
- Nucleus$143
- Baha$143
- Osia$143
- SPIROX - LATERA$126
- DUPIXENT$123
- NIM Vital$122
- SINUVA$115
- XPS NEXUS$107
How this compares
$14,914 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 254 otolaryngology providers in Washington.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 61 | $659 |
| Clonidine Hcl | 34 | $37 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 27 | $37 |
| Lorazepam | 33 | $33 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Bellevue
- Adrienne LauryBellevue$9K
- Roger ZundelBellevue$2K
- Greg DavisPuyallup$531K
- Ian HumphreysSeattle$43K
- Douglas BackousPuyallup$36K
- Craig MillerSeattle$24K
- Sachin GuptaSeattle$23K
- Sharon CushingSeattle$19K
- Ronald KruegerMukilteo$19K
- Ryan SternFederal Way$15K
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.