John McElveen, MD
Otology & Neurotology · Raleigh, NCNPI 1447259858
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 140 payments — averaging $1479.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$127K
- Med-el Corporation$51K
- Medtronic$11K
- Acclarent, Inc$10K
- Oticon Medical, LLC$4K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$3K
- plus $1K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$154,48375%
- Grants$13,8007%
- Travel & lodging$13,8217%
- Food & beverage$6,4373%
- Education$18,5899%
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 | 41 | $126,877 |
| Med-el Corporation | 34 | $50,603 |
| Medtronic | 12 | $10,841 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 20 | $9,839 |
| Oticon Medical, LLC | 5 | $4,477 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 2 | $3,119 |
| Cochlear Americas | 18 | $951 |
| Iridex Corporation | 1 | $194 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 1 | $101 |
| Topcon Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $41 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $13 |
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.
- CORE$90,121
- Mi1250 SYNCHRONY 2 FLEXsoft$41,487
- NSE - HIGH SPEED DRILLS$30,802
- BCI 602 Kit$27,652
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$25,345
- ES2 SPINAL SYSTEM$25,345
- NSE - SONOPET$23,125
- ADHEAR Professional Kit$20,652
- SONOPET IQ$15,000
- ACCLARENT Balloon Inflation Device$9,148
- SpinPlus Navigation$9,148
- TruDi$9,148
- MED-EL Maestro Cochlear Implant System$8,575
- NIM-RESPONSE$7,638
- PONTO BONE ANCHORED HEARING SYSTEM$4,477
- NSE - NASOPORE/ OTOPORE$4,250
- Acclarent Aera$3,111
- VIBRANT Soundbridge Middle Ear Implant and BONEBRIDGE System$800
- Baha$602
- ADHEAR System$575
How this compares
Too few otology & neurotology providers in North Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Potassium Chloride | 108 | $1,819 |
| Ofloxacin | 42 | $1,212 |
| Betamethasone Valerate | 85 | $1,085 |
| Klor-Con M20Potassium Chloride | 65 | $1,062 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 218 | $731 |
| Cephalexin | 58 | $356 |
| Spironolactone | 30 | $339 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 48 | $269 |
| Prednisone | 72 | $156 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 20 | $134 |
| Meclizine Hcl | 18 | $109 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 12 | $87 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otology & neurotology in Raleigh
- Calhoun CunninghamRaleigh$3K
- Benjamin JohnsonRaleigh$653
- Kevin BrownChapel Hill$2.2M
- Eric KrausWinston Salem$56K
- Matthew DedmonChapel Hill$16K
- Jonathan MaslanWinston Salem$83
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.