Mena Said, MD
Otolaryngology · San Diego, CANPI 1053859678
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 124 payments — averaging $47.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$993
- Sanofi$614
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$532
- GSK$530
- Merz North America, Inc.$331
- plus $955 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,61228%
- Food & beverage$4,22772%
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. | 38 | $1,882 |
| Stryker | 17 | $993 |
| Sanofi | 11 | $614 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 11 | $532 |
| GSK | 21 | $530 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 2 | $331 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $255 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 1 | $112 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $92 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 4 | $80 |
| Cochlear Americas | 1 | $76 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $71 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 2 | $63 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $47 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Amgen | 1 | $25 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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$1,549
- DUPIXENT$418
- INTEGRA$336
- XEOMIN$331
- SCOPIS ENT$295
- TEZSPIRE$230
- LATERA$133
- CLARIFIX CRYOTHERAPY DEVICE$130
- NUCALA$119
- NEUROMARK System$112
- NEUROMARK Radiofrequency Console$112
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$112
- PRIMATRIX$112
How this compares
$5,839 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Azelastine Hcl | 195 | $4,642 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 23 | $2,660 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 94 | $2,111 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 215 | $2,107 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 30 | $1,543 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 36 | $410 |
| Famotidine | 43 | $325 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 16 | $204 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 49 | $143 |
| Prednisone | 16 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in San Diego
- Brian WeeksSan Diego$1.6M
- Andrew BerosSan Diego$688K
- Adam DecondeSan Diego$53K
- Randall OwRoseville$4.3M
- Amir MoradiVista$2.6M
- Charles LimbSan Francisco$1.5M
- Paul SchalchChula Vista$573K
- Steven DavisTorrance$544K
- Arnaud BewleySacramento$541K
- Keith BlackwellLos Angeles$349K
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.