Irving Basanez, MD
Otolaryngology · Lafayette, CONPI 1740546894
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,963 of the $4,145 with a category attached, or 71.5%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 41.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,726 and has fallen 78.0% since, to $380 in 2025.
Across 74 payments — averaging $56.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$1K
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$341
- Cochlear Americas$210
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$155
- Sanofi$82
- plus $296 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,03025%
- Food & beverage$2,96371%
- Education$1514%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 40 | $1,711 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 4 | $1,349 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 6 | $341 |
| Cochlear Americas | 5 | $210 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $155 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $82 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $53 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $50 |
| Merck | 2 | $45 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $37 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $30 |
| GSK | 1 | $27 |
| Med-el Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$4,145 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 | 15 | $314 |
| Ofloxacin | 12 | $306 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Lafayette
- Suzanne BertramFort Collins$475K
- Barton KnoxColorado Springs$164K
- Nicholas BeckmannColorado Springs$151K
- Vijay RamakrishnanAurora$128K
- Michael WilhelmColorado Springs$76K
- Andrew WinklerAurora$68K
- David OppermanDenver$67K
- Robert KellerColorado Springs$45K
- Peter SchmidLongmont$45K
- Ashoke KhanwalkarAurora$28K
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.