Nicholas Sorrel, MD
Otolaryngology · Thibodaux, LANPI 1700131950
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,288 of the $5,278 with a category attached, or 62.3%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. at 26.1% of the total.
Across 101 payments — averaging $52.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$1K
- Aerin Medical Inc.$1K
- Acclarent, Inc$791
- Medtronic$585
- Sanofi$334
- Optinose US, Inc.$256
- plus $882 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,00019%
- Travel & lodging$99019%
- Food & beverage$3,28862%
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. | 4 | $1,376 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 4 | $1,054 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 22 | $791 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $585 |
| Sanofi | 11 | $334 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 17 | $256 |
| Stryker | 4 | $201 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 8 | $135 |
| Amgen | 1 | $111 |
| GSK | 6 | $109 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 4 | $56 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $44 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $24 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $16 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $13 |
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 Upper Airway Stimulation System$1,234
- VIVAER STYLUS$1,000
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$267
- TruDi Nav Cable$251
- NUVENT$126
- Inspire$122
- SCOPIS ENT$118
- TEPEZZA$111
- TruDi Navigation System$103
How this compares
$5,278 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 218 otolaryngology providers in Louisiana.
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 | 473 | $12,801 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 515 | $6,674 |
| Epinephrine | 14 | $3,365 |
| Cefdinir | 106 | $2,077 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 86 | $2,077 |
| Ofloxacin | 70 | $1,961 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 75 | $1,103 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 27 | $813 |
| Mupirocin | 38 | $758 |
| Methylprednisolone | 74 | $553 |
| Famotidine | 66 | $535 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 38 | $521 |
| Omeprazole | 57 | $518 |
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 19 | $451 |
| Prednisone | 135 | $383 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USAEpinephrine | $16 | $3,36514 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 218 otolaryngology providers in Louisiana.
Other otolaryngology in Thibodaux
- Justin TenneyThibodaux$12K
- Jacques GaudetThibodaux$5K
- James BroussardThibodaux$5K
- Patrick SpillerThibodaux$3K
- Donald GonzalesNew Orleans$351K
- Kevin McLaughlinCovington$186K
- Adil FatakiaMarrero$148K
- Edward McCoulNew Orleans$92K
- Michael YimShreveport$77K
- Maura CosettiShreveport$64K
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.