Russell Beckhardt, MD
Otolaryngology · Astoria, NYNPI 1770541120
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 181 payments — averaging $19.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$736
- GSK$685
- Optinose US, Inc.$494
- Sanofi$428
- Stryker$263
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$194
- plus $676 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,475100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 45 | $736 |
| GSK | 57 | $685 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 23 | $494 |
| Sanofi | 15 | $428 |
| Stryker | 4 | $263 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 5 | $194 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 5 | $102 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 3 | $87 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $59 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 4 | $53 |
| Merck | 2 | $37 |
| Amgen | 1 | $31 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $29 |
| Novartis | 1 | $26 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $21 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $12 |
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.
How this compares
$3,475 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 701 otolaryngology providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluticasone Propionate | 335 | $3,637 |
| Ofloxacin | 45 | $3,231 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 85 | $1,897 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 54 | $1,728 |
| Famotidine | 229 | $1,534 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 114 | $1,320 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-HydrocortNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Hydrocort | 22 | $967 |
| Methylprednisolone | 119 | $698 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 40 | $502 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 63 | $493 |
| Cefdinir | 25 | $410 |
| Clotrimazole | 11 | $314 |
| Mupirocin | 51 | $293 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 16 | $90 |
| Prednisone | 26 | $69 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Astoria
- Harry PantelidesAstoria$22K
- Robert KellmanSyracuse$2.5M
- Anthony DelsignoreNew York$966K
- Roheen RaithathaNew York$882K
- Dennis KrausNew York$524K
- Ashutosh KackerNew York$387K
- Lawrence LustigNew York$383K
- Brett MilesNew York$368K
- Alfred Marc IloretaNew York$342K
- Nora PerkinsAlbany$315K
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.