Raj Sindwani, MD
Otolaryngology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1801813886
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $533,301 of the $597,724 with a category attached, or 89.2%. Stryker accounts for 70.5% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among otolaryngology clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 531 payments — averaging $1125.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$421K
- Acclarent, Inc$122K
- Optinose US, Inc.$22K
- 3-d Matrix, Inc.$13K
- Medtronic$8K
- GSK$5K
- plus $7K from 15 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $7069.94 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- AstraZeneca$28K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$533,30189%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,2500%
- Grants$7190%
- Travel & lodging$38,8777%
- Food & beverage$22,5774%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 291 | $421,239 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 128 | $122,312 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 33 | $21,511 |
| 3-d Matrix, Inc. | 4 | $13,058 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 30 | $7,570 |
| GSK | 1 | $4,550 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $2,125 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 7 | $1,641 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $1,248 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 9 | $703 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $593 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $325 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 3 | $281 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $144 |
| Amgen | 1 | $117 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $64 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 2 | $61 |
| Bayer | 2 | $58 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $56 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $41 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
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.
- SCOPIS ENT$241,232
- CLARIFIX CRYOTHERAPY DEVICE$127,717
- LATERA$110,317
- ACCLARENT Balloon Inflation Device$98,840
- TruDi Nav Suction$67,221
- XPRESS LOPROFILE$58,751
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$56,656
- TGS GUIDEWIRE$50,710
- CLARIFIX$42,354
- AUDION ET DILATION SYSTEM$37,596
- N/A$27,807
- NASOPORE$27,266
- 1788$24,381
- SHAVER SYSTEM$23,928
- NA$22,075
- Xhance$21,280
- Acclarent Aera$19,695
- ACCLARENT AERA EUSTACHIAN TUBE BALLOON DILATION SYSTEM$14,567
- FIAGON NAVIGATION UNIT$12,987
- SONOPET IQ$12,163
How this compares
$597,724 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 380 otolaryngology providers in Ohio.
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 | 20 | $508 |
| Timolol Maleate | 11 | $202 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Cleveland
- Mark MehleCleveland$403K
- Troy WoodardCleveland$392K
- Sanjeet RangarajanCleveland$113K
- Rod RezaeeCleveland$54K
- Michael BenningerCleveland$32K
- Cameron WickCleveland$21K
- Kyra OsborneCleveland$14K
- Daniel AlamCleveland$11K
- Mohamad ChaabanCleveland$10K
- Kenneth RodriguezCleveland$8K
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.