Garrett Ni, MD
Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery · Mount Carmel, ILNPI 1477113116
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (45.1%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 26.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,314, more than ten times the $43 reported in 2019.
Across 44 payments — averaging $110.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Smith+Nephew$808
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$379
- AbbVie$354
- Aerin Medical Inc.$198
- plus $681 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,51331%
- Food & beverage$2,18245%
- Education$1,14824%
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 | 15 | $1,275 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $1,148 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $808 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 7 | $379 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $354 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $198 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $191 |
| Axogen | 2 | $139 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $133 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $97 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $50 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $49 |
| Cochlear Americas | 1 | $21 |
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.
- NA$808
- Coblation$629
- TULA$629
- TruDi Nav Suction$580
- BOTOX$300
- Acclarent ENT Navigation System$280
- DUPIXENT$267
- VIVAER STYLUS$198
- RHINAER STYLUS$198
- Restrata Wound Matrix$163
How this compares
$4,843 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 23 otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery providers in Illinois.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluticasone Propionate | 17 | $201 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery in Mount Carmel
- Ryan VaughnSchaumburg$154K
- Bryan RubachAurora$19K
- Michael LaylandPark Ridge$10K
- Gary ShawCanton$3K
- Gary WiesmanChicago$2K
- Michael EggerstedtChicago$2K
- Terry DonatSterling$2K
- Mir JoffreySchaumburg$2K
- Xinyan HuangSpringfield$2K
- Samuel GirgisHinsdale$1K
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.