Seth Brown, MD
Otolaryngology · Farmington, CTNPI 1679611701
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $30,419 of the $39,261 with a category attached, or 77.5%. Medtronic accounts for 86.3% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $19,038 and has fallen 72.3% since, to $5,279 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in CT 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 125 payments — averaging $314.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$34K
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- Stryker$1K
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$330
- Aerin Medical Inc.$270
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$182
- plus $602 from 8 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $2047.89 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.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$18K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$30,41977%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,6504%
- Grants$8752%
- Travel & lodging$3,4329%
- Food & beverage$2,8857%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 85 | $33,895 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $2,600 |
| Stryker | 5 | $1,381 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 4 | $330 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 4 | $270 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $182 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 7 | $159 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $154 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $119 |
| GSK | 2 | $90 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $24 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $21 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 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.
- STRAIGHTSHOT$9,464
- ENDO-SCRUB$7,013
- StealthStation$6,234
- Coblation - Sinus Wands$2,138
- Entact$2,138
- FUSION$1,650
- LATERA$850
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$531
- PROCISE Sinus$450
- REFLEX ULTRA Turbinate Wands$450
- PROPEL$405
- DUPIXENT$243
- VIVAER STYLUS$135
- RHINAER STYLUS$135
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$126
How this compares
$39,261 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 119 otolaryngology providers in Connecticut.
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 | 111 | $3,223 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 68 | $1,555 |
| Ofloxacin | 21 | $862 |
| Omeprazole | 43 | $847 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 42 | $781 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 18 | $734 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 27 | $708 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 61 | $491 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 17 | $364 |
| Methylprednisolone | 34 | $300 |
| Prednisone | 72 | $263 |
| Mupirocin | 23 | $115 |
| Azithromycin | 12 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Farmington
- Belachew TessemaFarmington$45K
- Benjamin WycherlyFarmington$8K
- Todd FalconeFarmington$6K
- Denis LafreniereFarmington$4K
- Roshansa SinghFarmington$3K
- Jerlon ChiuFarmington$3K
- Danielle ScarolaFarmington$3K
- Erin AldayFarmington$2K
- Sara PaiNew Haven$160K
- Richard ManesNew Haven$67K
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.