Si Chen, MD
Otolaryngology · Gainesville, FLNPI 1407121742
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $15,000 of the $24,591 with a category attached, or 61.0%. Cochlear Americas accounts for 76.7% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Among otolaryngology clinicians in FL 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 70 payments — averaging $351.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cochlear Americas$19K
- Stryker$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,00061%
- Travel & lodging$7,66131%
- Food & beverage$1,9308%
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 | 31 | $18,869 |
| Stryker | 39 | $5,722 |
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$18,439
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$17,195
- OSIA OSI300 IMPLANT$17,195
- CORE$3,582
- Nucleus$1,244
- N/A$1,056
- SCOPIS ENT$100
How this compares
$24,591 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 586 otolaryngology providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ofloxacin | 37 | $1,250 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 13 | $99 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $62 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Gainesville
- Jeb JusticeGainesville$142K
- John WestineGainesville$86K
- Brian LoboGainesville$30K
- Peter DziegielewskiGainesville$10K
- Cecelia DamaskOrlando$707K
- Ralph TufanoSarasota$469K
- Franklin RimellFort Myers$314K
- David BrodnerBoynton Beach$209K
- Maria SuurnaMiami$189K
- Jane DillonOrmond Beach$180K
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.