John Cece, MD
Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery · Wayne, NJNPI 1437198553
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 154 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $842 and has fallen 87.6% since, to $104 in 2025.
Across 154 payments — averaging $20.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Optinose US, Inc.$496
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$362
- Sanofi$354
- GSK$330
- Aerin Medical Inc.$316
- AbbVie$241
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,215100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Optinose US, Inc. | 35 | $496 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 16 | $362 |
| Sanofi | 22 | $354 |
| GSK | 22 | $330 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 10 | $316 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $241 |
| Axogen | 2 | $176 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 1 | $146 |
| Stryker | 3 | $125 |
| CSL Behring | 7 | $121 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 8 | $119 |
| Qapel Medical Inc | 1 | $95 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $81 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 4 | $58 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $16 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $15 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Glenmark Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $9 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $6 |
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
$3,215 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 36 otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery providers in New Jersey.
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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 | 121 | $3,448 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 16 | $1,039 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 78 | $976 |
| Famotidine | 75 | $620 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 15 | $594 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 23 | $304 |
| Desloratadine | 12 | $202 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 19 | $153 |
| Prednisone | 30 | $134 |
| Omeprazole | 11 | $120 |
| Azithromycin | 20 | $99 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery in Wayne
- Gangadhar SreepadaWayne$4K
- Robert MignoneRobbinsville$91K
- Gabriel WongMarlton$9K
- Thomas MazzoniIselin$9K
- Sayani NiyogiIselin$6K
- Lindsay PrincerEnglewood$5K
- Arvind PrabhatShrewsbury$4K
- James LeeWestwood$4K
- John HannaFlemington$3K
- Dennis BurachinskyBridgewater$3K
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.