Robert Cullen, MD
Otology & Neurotology · Overland Park, KSNPI 1548284623
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 164 payments — averaging $2572.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cochlear Americas$378K
- Advanced Bionics, LLC$26K
- Medtronic$12K
- Oticon Medical, LLC$6K
- Med-el Corporation$180
- Smith+Nephew$108
- plus $258 from 8 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $261.52 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.
- Cochlear Americas$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,7857%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,00025%
- Travel & lodging$24,20061%
- Food & beverage$2,8117%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cochlear Americas | 109 | $377,920 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 21 | $26,046 |
| Medtronic | 19 | $11,691 |
| Oticon Medical, LLC | 2 | $5,678 |
| Med-el Corporation | 3 | $180 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $108 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $56 |
| Stryker | 1 | $50 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $37 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| GSK | 1 | $17 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $15 |
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$18,799
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$17,287
- OSIA OSI300 IMPLANT$17,287
- MIDAS REX$11,246
- PONTO BONE ANCHORED HEARING SYSTEM$5,678
- HiResolution Bionic Ear System$2,385
- Cochlear$2,228
- Nucleus$398
- Halo$108
- TULA$108
How this compares
Too few otology & neurotology providers in Kansasto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 22 | $653 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 32 | $611 |
| Ofloxacin | 27 | $562 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 25 | $348 |
| Cephalexin | 92 | $325 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 86 | $205 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 31 | $187 |
| Prednisone | 26 | $137 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $100 |
| Alprazolam | 12 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otology & neurotology in Overland Park
- Joseph UrsickOverland Park$23K
- Thomas MuellemanOverland Park$3K
- Alexandra ArambulaKansas City$8K
- John LasakWichita$777
- Thomas KryzerWichita$346
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.