Stephen Favrot, MD
Otolaryngology · Birmingham, ALNPI 1548393796
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 118 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 27 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $974, 2.9 times the $333 reported in 2019.
Across 118 payments — averaging $30.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Advanced Bionics, LLC$648
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$537
- Stryker$391
- GSK$365
- Optinose US, Inc.$326
- Sanofi$265
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,602100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 9 | $648 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 13 | $537 |
| Stryker | 7 | $391 |
| GSK | 17 | $365 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 20 | $326 |
| Sanofi | 9 | $265 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 12 | $248 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $165 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 4 | $108 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $108 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $107 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $34 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $30 |
| Amgen | 1 | $25 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $21 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $20 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Med-el Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Novartis | 1 | $19 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $17 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $13 |
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
$3,602 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 155 otolaryngology providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 11 | $40,672 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 122 | $5,105 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-HcNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Hydrocort | 93 | $4,806 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 291 | $4,711 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 22 | $2,875 |
| Ofloxacin | 49 | $2,821 |
| Omeprazole | 176 | $1,845 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 71 | $1,817 |
| Potassium Chloride | 60 | $1,652 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 82 | $1,414 |
| Acetazolamide | 11 | $709 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 18 | $473 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 76 | $425 |
| Methylprednisolone | 32 | $331 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 26 | $319 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Birmingham
- Michael SillersBirmingham$53K
- Justin TurnerBirmingham$34K
- Bradford WoodworthBirmingham$27K
- Patrick OwensBirmingham$26K
- Kirk WithrowBirmingham$22K
- Do-Yeon ChoBirmingham$19K
- Andrew FusonBirmingham$18K
- Benjamin GreeneBirmingham$15K
- William BarberBirmingham$13K
- Dennis PappasBirmingham$13K
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.