RxDoctor Payments Data

Michael Kronenberger, MD

Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery · Dallas, TXNPI 1790782712

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 8 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 8 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $103, 6.7 times the $15 reported in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $1,846.

$218in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 8 payments — averaging $27.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Atos Medical Inc$47
  • Medtronic$32
  • Stryker$28
  • Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$28
  • Johnson & Johnson$27
  • Vertex$21
  • plus $35 from 2 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$218100%

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

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25

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Atos Medical Inc1$47
Medtronic1$32
Stryker1$28
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.1$28
Johnson & Johnson1$27
Vertex1$21
Merck1$20
Smith+Nephew1$15

How this compares

$218 in reported general payments places this provider in the 5th percentile of 51 otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery providers in Texas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$108,441
Medicare patients
271
Services billed
837

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Omeprazole60$1,677
Ipratropium Bromide29$1,194
Doxycycline Hyclate34$520
Doxycycline Monohydrate21$428
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen22$260
Fluticasone Propionate13$199
Levofloxacin33$186
Prednisone44$178
Ciprofloxacin Hcl11$72

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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