Esperanza Salazar, MD
Otolaryngology · Pueblo, CONPI 1205167871
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 39 payments — averaging $49.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$945
- Aerin Medical Inc.$183
- Acclarent, Inc$163
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$150
- Novo Nordisk$122
- Stryker$95
- plus $279 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$87645%
- Food & beverage$1,05855%
- Gifts$40%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $945 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 3 | $183 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 3 | $163 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 8 | $150 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $122 |
| Stryker | 4 | $95 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| GSK | 3 | $64 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $33 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $22 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $16 |
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 RF Stylus$136
- Saxenda$122
- Relieva Spinplus$118
How this compares
$1,938 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 174 otolaryngology providers in Colorado.
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 | 97 | $4,519 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 160 | $2,771 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 35 | $1,083 |
| Ofloxacin | 31 | $994 |
| Omeprazole | 40 | $827 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 31 | $620 |
| Dexamethasone | 19 | $619 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 37 | $441 |
| Mupirocin | 47 | $356 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 11 | $192 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 25 | $160 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 17 | $154 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 30 | $125 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $115 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Pueblo
- Bryan DavisColorado Springs$1.4M
- Suzanne BertramFort Collins$475K
- Vijay RamakrishnanAurora$252K
- Barton KnoxColorado Springs$198K
- Nicholas BeckmannColorado Springs$158K
- Stephen CassAurora$78K
- Michael WilhelmColorado Springs$76K
- McKay MolineGrand Junction$71K
- Andrew WinklerAurora$68K
- David OppermanDenver$67K
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.