Mauro Ruffy, MD
Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery · San Jose, CANPI 1376725630
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Aerin Medical Inc. at 43.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,900 and has fallen 79.9% since, to $382 in 2025.
Across 47 payments — averaging $91.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Medtronic$310
- Optinose US, Inc.$267
- Spirair, Inc.$186
- Baxter Healthcare$95
- plus $203 from 5 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $120,079 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Spirair, Inc.$120K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,12850%
- Food & beverage$2,15150%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 11 | $1,860 |
| Stryker | 14 | $1,357 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $310 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 8 | $267 |
| Spirair, Inc. | 1 | $186 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $95 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $68 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $45 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $33 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $32 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
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$1,507
- RHINAER STYLUS$1,507
- ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$529
- SCOPIS ENT$506
- SeptAlign$373
- TURBALIGN$373
- NUVENT$143
- CLARIFIX CRYOTHERAPY DEVICE$135
- Xhance$120
How this compares
$4,279 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 102 otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery providers in California.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 129 | $3,093 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 87 | $2,278 |
| Omeprazole | 46 | $1,016 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 53 | $817 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 17 | $228 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 11 | $158 |
| Sumatriptan Succinate | 18 | $153 |
| Cephalexin | 11 | $46 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery in San Jose
- Sarmela SunderLancaster$85K
- Vasu DiviStanford$51K
- Jen ChowArcadia$26K
- Ryan CasserlyMonterey$23K
- Ritvik MehtaCarlsbad$13K
- Alexis FurzeNewport Beach$12K
- Jahangir SharifiLos Angeles$12K
- Henry NguyenRancho Cucamonga$11K
- Paul NassifBeverly Hills$10K
- Babak AzizzadehBeverly Hills$10K
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.