Skylar Trott, MD
Otolaryngology · Louisville, KYNPI 1558866327
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,425 of the $10,699 with a category attached, or 60.1%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 31.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,917, 3.8 times the $1,562 reported in 2021. Among otolaryngology clinicians in KY 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 98 payments — averaging $109.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$3K
- Axogen$2K
- Kls-martin L.p.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$885
- Baxter Healthcare$804
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,40532%
- Food & beverage$6,42560%
- Other$8698%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 32 | $3,326 |
| Axogen | 10 | $2,026 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 11 | $1,147 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 16 | $1,029 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $885 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 6 | $804 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 5 | $639 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $174 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $149 |
| ETS Wound Care LLC | 1 | $147 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $145 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- AXOGUARD$2,771
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$1,385
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$1,385
- NA$1,278
- N/A$1,213
- Matriderm$639
- MICROMATRIX$491
- TRUMATCH$478
- CYTAL$291
- UNIVERSAL NEURO 2, UNIVERSAL NEURO III$150
- PATIENT-FITTED TMJ RECONSTRUCTIVE PROSTHESIS SYSTEM$150
- MIRRAGEN ADVANCED WOUND MATRIX$147
- Traumaone$145
- Novosorb BTM$130
- VSP SYSTEM, VSP CRANIAL$124
- ADHERUS AUTOSPRAY DURAL SEALANT$124
- MATRIXMIDFACE$123
- Vivigen MIS Delivery System$123
- MATRIXMANDIBLE$118
- NUVENT$116
How this compares
$10,699 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 137 otolaryngology providers in Kentucky.
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.
Other otolaryngology in Louisville
- Thomas HigginsLouisville$357K
- Andrew GouldLouisville$13K
- Steven ShottsLouisville$12K
- Keith ForwithLouisville$11K
- Ziad KatribLouisville$7K
- Amy IngramLouisville$7K
- Kevin PottsLouisville$7K
- Gregory AbbasLouisville$6K
- Travis ShuttLouisville$6K
- Matthew YantisLouisville$5K
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.