Kevin Bright, MD
Otolaryngology · El Paso, TXNPI 1174524441
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $10,982 of the $14,877 with a category attached, or 73.8%. Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. accounts for 61.6% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among otolaryngology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 294 payments — averaging $50.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$9K
- Medtronic$2K
- Optinose US, Inc.$800
- GSK$515
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$504
- Aerin Medical Inc.$412
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8005%
- Travel & lodging$3,09521%
- Food & beverage$10,98274%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 221 | $9,169 |
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 15 | $2,080 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $800 |
| GSK | 18 | $515 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $504 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 8 | $412 |
| Sanofi | 10 | $221 |
| Stryker | 3 | $204 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $176 |
| Cochlear Americas | 3 | $146 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $129 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $115 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $87 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 2 | $74 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 3 | $70 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$3,936
- Inspire$2,389
- FUSION$1,332
- Xhance$800
- NUCALA$242
- Da Vinci Surgical System$176
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$173
- VIVAER STYLUS$143
- RHINAER STYLUS$143
- StealthStation$132
- Acclarent Aera$129
- Inspira Air$129
- RELIEVA SPINPLUS NAV$129
- TruDi Probe$129
- NUVENT$125
- remede System$122
- SCOPIS ENT$112
- Nucleus$112
- Baha$112
- Halo$104
How this compares
$14,877 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 729 otolaryngology providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluticasone Propionate | 60 | $1,001 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 78 | $679 |
| Cephalexin | 67 | $495 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 24 | $261 |
| Amoxicillin | 15 | $32 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in El Paso
- Benjamin WestbrookEl Paso$17K
- Marc DeanFort Worth$486K
- Amber LuongHouston$426K
- Arjuna KuperanHouston$348K
- Ronald KuppersmithCollege Station$325K
- Ron KarniHouston$317K
- Philip ChenSan Antonio$305K
- Jordan RihaniSouthlake$280K
- Keith MathenyFrisco$269K
- Martin CitardiHouston$245K
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.