Kevin Welch, MD
Otolaryngology · Maywood, ILNPI 1598897878
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $19,370 of the $32,274 with a category attached, or 60.0%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Aerin Medical Inc. at 37.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $21,165, 6.7 times the $3,180 reported in 2019. Among otolaryngology clinicians in IL 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 120 payments — averaging $268.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$12K
- GSK$9K
- Medtronic$2K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$2K
- Baxter Healthcare$2K
- Acclarent, Inc$2K
- plus $3K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,37060%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,4504%
- Travel & lodging$1,5035%
- Food & beverage$9,95131%
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. | 17 | $12,193 |
| GSK | 21 | $8,949 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 12 | $2,160 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 28 | $2,088 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $1,872 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 14 | $1,581 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 2 | $940 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 6 | $628 |
| Stryker | 3 | $442 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $437 |
| Spirair, Inc. | 1 | $256 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $188 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $160 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 1 | $127 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $116 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $62 |
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.
- VIVAER STYLUS$11,500
- FLOSEAL$1,872
- DUPIXENT$1,465
- RHINAER STYLUS$1,000
- STRAIGHTSHOT$950
- Xhance$940
- PROPEL$821
- TruDi Nav Cable$766
- SeptAlign$512
- Acclarent Aera$437
- Inspira Air$437
- RELIEVA SPINPLUS NAV$437
- TruDi Probe$437
- ACCLARENT NAVWIRE Sinus Navigation Guidewire$420
- Acclarent ENT Navigation System$420
- ACCLARENT Balloon Inflation Device$420
- FUSION$365
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$310
- NUCALA$247
- NUVENT$244
How this compares
$32,274 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 390 otolaryngology providers in Illinois.
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 | 105 | $1,443 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 45 | $1,004 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 21 | $472 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 15 | $146 |
| Prednisone | 16 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Maywood
- Andrea ZieglerMaywood$23K
- Matthew KircherMaywood$16K
- Samantha CerasielloMaywood$7K
- David ConleyChicago$630K
- Jayant PintoChicago$628K
- Robert KernChicago$610K
- Robert NaclerioBurr Ridge$229K
- Michael HutzOak Park$103K
- Charles WeingartenGlenview$96K
- Victoria LeeChicago$86K
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.