Leonard Covello, MD
Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery · Munster, INNPI 1467411835
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $9,947 of the $12,512 with a category attached, or 79.5%. Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. accounts for 72.1% of it on its own, with 25 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 220 payments — averaging $56.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$9K
- Alk-abello, Inc$955
- Aerin Medical Inc.$507
- Stryker$362
- Pfizer$261
- Acclarent, Inc$220
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7136%
- Travel & lodging$1,85315%
- Food & beverage$9,94779%
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. | 83 | $9,016 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 53 | $955 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 13 | $507 |
| Stryker | 9 | $362 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $261 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 8 | $220 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 3 | $195 |
| Arrinex, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 6 | $115 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $98 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $87 |
| Spirair, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| GSK | 4 | $75 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $63 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 4 | $58 |
| BD | 1 | $57 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $34 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $31 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 1 | $30 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $27 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $26 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $19 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $17 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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$5,643
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$2,009
- VIVAER STYLUS$185
- RHINAER STYLUS$185
- SINUVA$150
- SCOPIS ENT$129
- CLARIFIX$117
How this compares
Too few otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery providers in Indianato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 51 | $2,751 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 93 | $2,105 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 71 | $1,793 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 28 | $915 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-HydrocortNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Hydrocort | 16 | $702 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 59 | $687 |
| Acetazolamide | 24 | $623 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 29 | $246 |
| Prednisone | 56 | $156 |
| Omeprazole | 46 | $146 |
| Mupirocin | 31 | $129 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $126 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 14 | $111 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery in Munster
- Jatin PatelMunster$331
- Richard BalikianIndianapolis$25K
- John GilbertElkhart$24K
- Kartike GulatiHighland$7K
- Jon ChadwellSouth Bend$2K
- Thomas HerendeenFort Wayne$2K
- Dominic VernonIndianapolis$796
- Peter RigasCarmel$752
- Jeffrey BeachCarmel$676
- Daniel BernerLafayette$221
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.