Joe Kutz, MD
Otology & Neurotology · Dallas, TXNPI 1295930550
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (52.5%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 61.3% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among otology & neurotology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 150 payments — averaging $636.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$59K
- Alcon$19K
- Med-el Corporation$8K
- Acclarent, Inc$8K
- Cochlear Americas$894
- Grace Medical, Inc.$220
- plus $252 from 3 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $45,762 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Eli Lilly$92K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$28,47530%
- Speaking & faculty fees$50,15553%
- Grants$3,0003%
- Travel & lodging$9,31210%
- Food & beverage$4,4995%
- Education$100%
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) | 89 | $58,533 |
| Alcon | 16 | $19,128 |
| Med-el Corporation | 23 | $8,387 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 6 | $8,038 |
| Cochlear Americas | 11 | $894 |
| Grace Medical, Inc. | 1 | $220 |
| Stryker | 1 | $146 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 2 | $60 |
| Iotamotion, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
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.
- MIDAS REX$52,906
- Constellation$16,979
- NGENUITY$16,200
- Mi1250 SYNCHRONY 2 FLEXsoft$4,771
- BCI 602 Kit$4,629
- ADHEAR Professional Kit$4,520
- ACCLARENT Balloon Inflation Device$3,813
- MED-EL Maestro Cochlear Implant System$3,000
- Legend$1,230
- Baha$614
- Nucleus$473
- NIM Vital$336
- TruDi Nav Cable$276
- X8000 LIGHT SOURCE$146
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$141
- OSIA OSI300 IMPLANT$141
- Acclarent Navwire$109
How this compares
$95,451 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 33 otology & neurotology providers in Texas.
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 | 62 | $7,041 |
| Ofloxacin | 19 | $565 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 13 | $407 |
| Clonazepam | 20 | $220 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 17 | $192 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 42 | $139 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 41 | $118 |
| Prednisone | 20 | $66 |
| Lorazepam | 20 | $43 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 12 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otology & neurotology in Dallas
- Brandon IsaacsonDallas$98K
- James DanielsDallas$7K
- Joshua PageDallas$2K
- Brian RodgersDallas$2K
- Daniel KilleenDallas$959
- Hitomi SakanoDallas$113
- Chester StrunkWebster$8K
- Robert OwensPlano$7K
- Vivian KaulHouston$6K
- Mark NicholsHouston$5K
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.