Maie St John, MD
Otolaryngology · Los Angeles, CANPI 1023029162
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $32,668 of the $38,667 with a category attached, or 84.5%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 56.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $25,033, more than ten times the $89 reported in 2019. Among otolaryngology clinicians in CA 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 43 payments — averaging $899.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$22K
- Regeneron$11K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Stryker$604
- Coopersurgical, Inc.$72
- plus $123 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$32,66884%
- Travel & lodging$4,53212%
- Food & beverage$1,4374%
- Education$300%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $21,855 |
| Regeneron | 12 | $11,238 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $2,919 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 10 | $1,855 |
| Stryker | 7 | $604 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $38 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $30 |
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.
- Harmonic$13,079
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,607
- AUDION ET DILATION SYSTEM$170
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$106
How this compares
$38,667 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,021 otolaryngology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 26 | $84 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Los Angeles
- Keith BlackwellLos Angeles$349K
- Jeffrey SuhLos Angeles$223K
- Dennis TangLos Angeles$209K
- Elisabeth FerenceLos Angeles$111K
- Arthur WuLos Angeles$67K
- Richard MichelinLos Angeles$57K
- Kevin GrafmillerLos Angeles$27K
- Philip KnottLos Angeles$24K
- Uttam SinhaLos Angeles$18K
- Joni DohertyLos Angeles$16K
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.