Kevin Contrera
Otolaryngology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1710226758
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (52.9%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 29.5% of the total.
Across 33 payments — averaging $117.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$1K
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- Axogen$476
- Merck$368
- TELA Bio, Inc.$186
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$165
- plus $502 from 5 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $33,125 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.
- Pfizer$33K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$82321%
- Food & beverage$2,04653%
- Education$1,00026%
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 | 12 | $1,142 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $1,029 |
| Axogen | 5 | $476 |
| Merck | 3 | $368 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 3 | $186 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $165 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $149 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 1 | $123 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $105 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $94 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,000
- NA$947
- VSP SYSTEM, VSP CRANIAL$688
- INTEGRA$317
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$170
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$106
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$106
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$106
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$106
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$106
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$106
- PRIMATRIX$106
- Checkpoint Stimulators$105
How this compares
$3,869 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Famotidine | 16 | $139 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 12 | $110 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 12 | $103 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Pittsburgh
- Stella LeePittsburgh$438K
- Matthew SpectorPittsburgh$56K
- Umamaheswar DuvvuriPittsburgh$48K
- Jose ZevallosPittsburgh$40K
- Thomas KaffenbergerPittsburgh$33K
- Priya KrishnaPittsburgh$20K
- Eric WangPittsburgh$15K
- Suman GollaPittsburgh$13K
- Giuseppe StaltariPittsburgh$8K
- Warren SwegalPittsburgh$7K
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.