Robert Block, MD
Otolaryngology · Salinas, CANPI 1477627669
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 174 payments — averaging $21.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$1K
- Sanofi$901
- Optinose US, Inc.$339
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$249
- Smith+Nephew$184
- Lilly USA, LLC$109
- plus $958 from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,820100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 51 | $1,079 |
| Sanofi | 43 | $901 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 19 | $339 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 11 | $249 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $184 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $109 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 5 | $107 |
| Stryker | 2 | $82 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $78 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $68 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $67 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $66 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Novartis | 2 | $41 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $40 |
| Merck | 2 | $39 |
| Vertex | 2 | $36 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $31 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Hospira, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $18 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Med-el Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Medtronic | 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.
- NUCALA$120
How this compares
$3,820 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 90 | $4,507 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 35 | $4,030 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 55 | $1,691 |
| Omeprazole | 136 | $1,561 |
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 28 | $1,393 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 132 | $1,374 |
| Famotidine | 71 | $546 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 29 | $531 |
| Ofloxacin | 26 | $497 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 37 | $342 |
| Mupirocin | 38 | $286 |
| Nystatin-TriamcinoloneNystatin/Triamcinolone Acet | 19 | $170 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 32 | $154 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 14 | $146 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 12 | $89 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Salinas
- Randall OwRoseville$4.3M
- Amir MoradiVista$2.6M
- Brian WeeksSan Diego$1.6M
- Charles LimbSan Francisco$1.5M
- Andrew BerosSan Diego$688K
- Paul SchalchChula Vista$573K
- Steven DavisTorrance$544K
- Arnaud BewleySacramento$541K
- Keith BlackwellLos Angeles$349K
- Kalpna DurairajSun Valley$348K
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.