Gary Huang, MD
Otolaryngology · Akron, OHNPI 1326432634
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,623 of the $6,461 with a category attached, or 71.5%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. at 32.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,432, more than ten times the $105 reported in 2020.
Across 97 payments — averaging $66.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$2K
- Aerin Medical Inc.$2K
- Cochlear Americas$572
- Stryker$464
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$360
- Smith+Nephew$237
- plus $968 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$601%
- Travel & lodging$1,61725%
- Food & beverage$4,62372%
- Education$1612%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 26 | $2,075 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 14 | $1,785 |
| Cochlear Americas | 12 | $572 |
| Stryker | 5 | $464 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 13 | $360 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $237 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $193 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 10 | $173 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 1 | $123 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $120 |
| 3nt Medical | 1 | $117 |
| Abbott | 2 | $113 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Amgen | 1 | $22 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Inspire$1,559
- VIVAER STYLUS$1,545
- Baha$248
- Cochlear$205
- VSP SYSTEM, VSP CRANIAL$162
- NA$162
- RHINAER STYLUS$149
- SCOPIS ENT$146
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$145
- OSIA OSI300 IMPLANT$145
- TULA$132
- HIRES ULTRA CI HIFOCUS MS ELECTRODE$123
- DUPIXENT$123
- PROCISE MAX$105
How this compares
$6,461 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 380 otolaryngology providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Azelastine Hcl | 99 | $2,775 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 66 | $1,012 |
| Ofloxacin | 23 | $884 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 11 | $530 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 25 | $443 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 15 | $189 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 23 | $160 |
| Cephalexin | 11 | $72 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 16 | $41 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Akron
- Raj SindwaniCleveland$598K
- Mark MehleCleveland$403K
- Troy WoodardCleveland$392K
- Oliver AdunkaColumbus$338K
- Subinoy DasColumbus$142K
- Sanjeet RangarajanCleveland$113K
- Sumit BapnaDublin$95K
- Boris KaranfilovDublin$82K
- Alexander DonathCincinnati$64K
- Rod RezaeeCleveland$54K
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.