Kenny Rodriguez, MD
Otolaryngology · Waterloo, IANPI 1447783139
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Stryker accounts for 64.4% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,595 and has fallen 74.6% since, to $405 in 2025.
Across 69 payments — averaging $59.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$3K
- Medtronic$256
- Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$220
- Organogenesis Inc.$184
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$159
- Smith+Nephew$146
- plus $501 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,87546%
- Food & beverage$2,24054%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 16 | $2,650 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $256 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $220 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 10 | $184 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 7 | $159 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $146 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $79 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 3 | $54 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 2 | $43 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $39 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 1 | $29 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $21 |
| Amgen | 1 | $20 |
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
$4,115 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 103 otolaryngology providers in Iowa.
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 | 162 | $4,524 |
| Epinephrine | 12 | $2,519 |
| Cephalexin | 293 | $2,079 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 158 | $1,746 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 50 | $1,243 |
| Ofloxacin | 27 | $564 |
| Methylprednisolone | 44 | $288 |
| Azithromycin | 58 | $206 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 13 | $192 |
| Omeprazole | 46 | $157 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 22 | $128 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 17 | $119 |
| Amoxicillin | 24 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Waterloo
- Sonam DodhiaWaterloo$983
- Thomas HeinemanCedar Rapids$373K
- Bruce GantzIowa City$170K
- Nancy BaumanIowa City$31K
- Simon WrightWest Des Moines$21K
- Robert PettisOskaloosa$10K
- Brian AndrewsIowa City$9K
- Douglas HoisingtonWest Des Moines$8K
- Joseph WhitmanGrinnell$7K
- Douglas BennionIowa City$6K
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.