Joseph Curry, MD
Otolaryngology · Philadelphia, PANPI 1043427172
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.9%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Sanofi accounts for 63.3% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $13,455 and has fallen 84.3% since, to $2,118 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in PA 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 41 payments — averaging $484.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$13K
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- AstraZeneca$859
- Baxter Healthcare$687
- Medtronic$175
- plus $472 from 5 others
Across 41 payments — averaging $49,185 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.
- AstraZeneca$745K
- Regeneron$740K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$531K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,70359%
- Travel & lodging$2,59413%
- Food & beverage$2,05910%
- Education$3,50018%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 9 | $12,559 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $3,525 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $1,579 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $859 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $687 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $175 |
| Stryker | 1 | $170 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $126 |
| Atos Medical Inc | 1 | $85 |
| GSK | 3 | $72 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $19 |
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.
- LIBTAYO$12,550
- Da Vinci Surgical System$3,500
- MATRIXCOMBO$1,475
- IMFINZI$746
- NA$340
- PROPEL$175
- VSP SYSTEM, VSP CRANIAL$170
How this compares
$19,856 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 456 otolaryngology providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pilocarpine Hcl | 18 | $2,079 |
| Lidocaine Hcl ViscousLidocaine Hcl | 21 | $388 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 27 | $290 |
| Gabapentin | 21 | $265 |
| Methylprednisolone | 32 | $202 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 13 | $163 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 40 | $112 |
| Omeprazole | 17 | $57 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 20 | $46 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Philadelphia
- Nancy SnydermanPhiladelphia$4.5M
- David KennedyPhiladelphia$603K
- James PalmerPhiladelphia$331K
- Mathew NagorskyPhiladelphia$95K
- Noam CohenPhiladelphia$76K
- Nithin AdappaPhiladelphia$72K
- Steven CannadyPhiladelphia$33K
- David CognettiPhiladelphia$30K
- John KrousePhiladelphia$30K
- Soo AbboudPhiladelphia$23K
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.