Matthew Carlson, MD
Otolaryngology · Rochester, MNNPI 1831396712
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (53.9%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cochlear Americas at 40.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $37,433 and has fallen 53.8% since, to $17,299 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in MN 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 97 payments — averaging $822.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cochlear Americas$32K
- Stryker$30K
- Iotamotion, Inc.$13K
- Cochlear Ltd$2K
- Med-el Corporation$1K
- Advanced Bionics, LLC$790
- plus $901 from 5 others
Across 16 payments — averaging $53,005 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.
- Cochlear Americas$806K
- Advanced Bionics, LLC$39K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$42,97554%
- Grants$1,3332%
- Travel & lodging$29,63937%
- Food & beverage$5,7937%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cochlear Americas | 47 | $31,866 |
| Stryker | 27 | $30,100 |
| Iotamotion, Inc. | 8 | $12,845 |
| Cochlear Ltd | 2 | $1,905 |
| Med-el Corporation | 1 | $1,333 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 6 | $790 |
| Grace Medical, Inc. | 1 | $299 |
| Oticon Medical, LLC | 1 | $250 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $127 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $124 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $102 |
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.
- Baha$31,751
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$29,828
- OSIA OSI300 IMPLANT$28,736
- SCOPIS ENT$14,113
- iotaSOFT Insertion System$8,147
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$7,602
- AUDION ET DILATION SYSTEM$6,250
- CLARIFIX CRYOTHERAPY DEVICE$6,250
- iotaSOFT$4,538
- Nucleus$2,464
- Mi1250 SYNCHRONY 2 FLEXsoft$1,333
- BCI 602 Kit$1,333
- ADHEAR Professional Kit$1,333
- Cochlear$1,102
- Baha BI300 implant 4 mm$1,091
- Cochlear Osia OSI200 Implant$1,091
- AIM$1,000
- HIRES ULTRA CI HIFOCUS MS ELECTRODE$634
- XPRESS LOPROFILE$250
- PONTO BONE ANCHORED HEARING SYSTEM$250
How this compares
$79,741 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 181 otolaryngology providers in Minnesota.
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.
Other otolaryngology in Rochester
- Rijul KshirsagarRochester$18K
- Brian NeffRochester$16K
- Carlos Pinheiro NetoRochester$11K
- Dale EkbomRochester$9K
- Terenece ZimmermannRochester$7K
- James DornhofferRochester$5K
- Colin DriscollRochester$5K
- Joshua WiedermannRochester$4K
- Eleni RettigRochester$4K
- Jacob DeyRochester$2K
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.