Jacob Friedman, MD
Otolaryngology · Chicago, ILNPI 1497296800
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $8,500 of the $9,388 with a category attached, or 90.5%. Stryker accounts for 91.3% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $4,912, more than ten times the $116 reported in 2022. Among otolaryngology clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 28 payments — averaging $335.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$9K
- Acclarent, Inc$199
- Aerin Medical Inc.$182
- Neurent Medical Limited$90
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$79
- Smith+Nephew$51
- plus $214 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,50091%
- Food & beverage$8889%
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 | 8 | $8,573 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 3 | $199 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 3 | $182 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 3 | $90 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $79 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $51 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $35 |
| GSK | 1 | $29 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $29 |
| Vertex | 1 | $27 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $23 |
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 STYLUS$136
- RHINAER STYLUS$136
- TruDi Nav Cable$116
How this compares
$9,388 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 390 otolaryngology providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 44 | $4,926 |
| Hydrocortisone-Acetic AcidHydrocortisone/Acetic Acid | 30 | $3,278 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 119 | $1,684 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 49 | $1,286 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 36 | $1,111 |
| Omeprazole | 86 | $893 |
| Dexamethasone | 13 | $515 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 29 | $227 |
| Methylprednisolone | 43 | $226 |
| Cefdinir | 11 | $220 |
| Amoxicillin | 28 | $76 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 22 | $73 |
| Azithromycin | 21 | $69 |
| Famotidine | 17 | $68 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Chicago
- David ConleyChicago$630K
- Jayant PintoChicago$628K
- Robert KernChicago$610K
- Victoria LeeChicago$86K
- Louis PortugalChicago$68K
- Dean ToriumiChicago$63K
- Monica PatadiaChicago$56K
- Phillip LosavioChicago$53K
- Fuad BaroodyChicago$46K
- Bruce TanChicago$44K
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.