Nicholas Deep, MD
Otolaryngology · Scottsdale, AZNPI 1528403888
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (37.0%), consulting fees and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Med-el Corporation at 32.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,143 and has fallen 83.9% since, to $506 in 2025.
Across 45 payments — averaging $141.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Med-el Corporation$2K
- Cochlear Americas$1K
- Advanced Bionics, LLC$831
- Cochlear Ltd$800
- Verathon Inc.$550
- Grace Medical, Inc.$258
- plus $426 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,32036%
- Grants$1,33321%
- Travel & lodging$3616%
- Food & beverage$2,36037%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Med-el Corporation | 12 | $2,046 |
| Cochlear Americas | 14 | $1,463 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 9 | $831 |
| Cochlear Ltd | 1 | $800 |
| Verathon Inc. | 1 | $550 |
| Grace Medical, Inc. | 1 | $258 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $170 |
| Oticon Medical, LLC | 1 | $145 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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$1,995
- Cochlear$1,880
- Mi1250 SYNCHRONY 2 FLEXsoft$1,759
- BCI 602 Kit$1,471
- ADHEAR Professional Kit$1,333
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$950
- OSIA OSI300 IMPLANT$950
- HIRES ULTRA CI HIFOCUS MS ELECTRODE$681
- Bronchoscope$550
- PONTO BONE ANCHORED HEARING SYSTEM$145
- Nucleus$105
How this compares
$6,374 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 150 otolaryngology providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 14 | $1,680 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Scottsdale
- Jordan WeinerScottsdale$129K
- Lisa GrunebaumScottsdale$121K
- Franklyn GergitsScottsdale$8K
- David LottScottsdale$7K
- Kurt HeilandScottsdale$5K
- Cheryl MackechnieScottsdale$4K
- Timothy KelschScottsdale$3K
- Janet KaczorScottsdale$3K
- Daniel HurleyScottsdale$3K
- Daniel CharousGoodyear$196K
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.