Jaron Densky, MD
Otolaryngology · Knoxville, TNNPI 1720469380
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.9% of the total across 88 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. accounts for 61.3% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 88 payments — averaging $49.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$3K
- Stryker$361
- Sanofi$237
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$178
- Smith+Nephew$176
- GSK$131
- plus $616 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,03592%
- Education$3548%
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. | 39 | $2,691 |
| Stryker | 6 | $361 |
| Sanofi | 8 | $237 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $178 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $176 |
| GSK | 6 | $131 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $120 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 3 | $118 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 5 | $83 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 2 | $63 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $55 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $34 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$4,389 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 191 otolaryngology providers in Tennessee.
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 | 117 | $3,632 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 88 | $3,045 |
| Ofloxacin | 57 | $1,483 |
| Omeprazole | 96 | $1,165 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 64 | $917 |
| Famotidine | 85 | $840 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $705 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 25 | $666 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 54 | $568 |
| Prednisone | 120 | $450 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 60 | $424 |
| Cephalexin | 43 | $359 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 33 | $287 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 12 | $215 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 25 | $194 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Knoxville
- Mark GurleyKnoxville$8K
- Nicholas PanellaKnoxville$5K
- Samuel OverholtKnoxville$3K
- Rakesh ChandraNashville$381K
- David FortuneHermitage$298K
- Grady BryantHermitage$74K
- Marion GillespieMemphis$67K
- Clyde MathisonFarragut$66K
- Dean KlugGermantown$37K
- Michael TopfNashville$36K
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.