James Kuderer, DO
Otolaryngology · St Louis Park, MNNPI 1972748119
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,614 of the $2,305 with a category attached, or 70.0%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 47.2% of the total.
Across 26 payments — averaging $88.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- Aerin Medical Inc.$290
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$289
- Smith+Nephew$262
- Acclarent, Inc$212
- Cochlear Americas$164
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$69130%
- Food & beverage$1,61470%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $1,088 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 3 | $290 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $289 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $262 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 3 | $212 |
| Cochlear Americas | 2 | $164 |
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
$2,305 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 181 otolaryngology providers in Minnesota.
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 | 42 | $996 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 69 | $825 |
| Ofloxacin | 18 | $650 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 44 | $483 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 14 | $472 |
| Famotidine | 61 | $429 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 17 | $313 |
| Omeprazole | 13 | $287 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 27 | $125 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 19 | $100 |
| Mupirocin | 12 | $58 |
| Prednisone | 13 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in St Louis Park
- Sandra SkovlundSt Louis Park$5K
- Zachary HelmenSt Louis Park$3K
- Daniel WatsonSt Louis Park$2K
- Samuel LevineMinneapolis$151K
- George GodingMinneapolis$143K
- Theodore TruittSaint Cloud$96K
- Matthew CarlsonRochester$80K
- Troy HemmeMaple Grove$28K
- Michael PaparellaMinneapolis$22K
- Oleg FroymovichMinneapolis$20K
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.