Jonathan Mellema, MD
Otolaryngology · Willmar, MNNPI 1083680458
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,096 of the $3,213 with a category attached, or 65.2%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Aerin Medical Inc. at 53.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,631, 7.5 times the $217 reported in 2019.
Across 54 payments — averaging $59.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$2K
- Acclarent, Inc$1K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$118
- Stryker$50
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$47
- Smith+Nephew$41
- plus $184 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,11635%
- Food & beverage$2,09665%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 16 | $1,725 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 20 | $1,047 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $118 |
| Stryker | 2 | $50 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $41 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $39 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Preceptis Medical, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $27 |
| Xoran Technologies LLC | 1 | $26 |
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
$3,213 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ofloxacin | 32 | $1,108 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 28 | $853 |
| Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate | 18 | $795 |
| Budesonide | 17 | $729 |
| Clotrimazole | 13 | $526 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 14 | $431 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 22 | $340 |
| Gabapentin | 14 | $199 |
| Mupirocin | 16 | $186 |
| Levofloxacin | 16 | $173 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 12 | $171 |
| Methylprednisolone | 22 | $169 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 15 | $144 |
| Prednisone | 21 | $127 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 22 | $102 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Willmar
- Jennifer PesolaWillmar$2K
- Samuel LevineMinneapolis$151K
- George GodingMinneapolis$143K
- Theodore TruittSaint Cloud$96K
- Matthew CarlsonRochester$80K
- Troy HemmeMaple Grove$28K
- Michael PaparellaMinneapolis$22K
- Oleg FroymovichMinneapolis$20K
- David HamlarSt. Paul$19K
- Rijul KshirsagarRochester$18K
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.