Seth Schwartz, MD
Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck · Seattle, WANPI 1457305401
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 44 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Aerin Medical Inc. at 25.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,207 and has fallen 55.7% since, to $535 in 2025.
Across 44 payments — averaging $82.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$941
- Advanced Bionics, LLC$589
- Cochlear Americas$537
- Med-el Corporation$505
- Medtronic$496
- Stryker$172
- plus $391 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,631100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 8 | $941 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 9 | $589 |
| Cochlear Americas | 8 | $537 |
| Med-el Corporation | 6 | $505 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $496 |
| Stryker | 1 | $172 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $165 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $151 |
| Grace Medical, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
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.
- VIVAER STYLUS$873
- RHINAER STYLUS$873
- NA$344
- SMARTLOCK$344
- Cochlear$270
- Baha$258
- BCI 602 Kit$178
- VSP SYSTEM, VSP CRANIAL$172
- XEOMIN$165
- PROPEL$151
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$123
- OSIA OSI300 IMPLANT$123
- NIM Vital$122
How this compares
$3,631 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 21 plastic surgery within the head & neck providers in Washington.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 14 | $1,760 |
| Ofloxacin | 17 | $569 |
| Mupirocin | 12 | $130 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 11 | $45 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 19 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Daniel DowneySeattle$84
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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.