Stephen Freeman
Otolaryngology · Carmel, INNPI 1699775122
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $30,150 of the $32,962 with a category attached, or 91.5%. Freudenberg Medical, LLC accounts for 91.0% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $16,296 and has fallen 98.5% since, to $250 in 2023. Among otolaryngology clinicians in IN 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 83 payments — averaging $397.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Freudenberg Medical, LLC$30K
- Stryker$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$379
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$181
- Optinose US, Inc.$180
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$172
- plus $701 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$30,15091%
- Food & beverage$2,8129%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Freudenberg Medical, LLC | 2 | $30,000 |
| Stryker | 19 | $1,350 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $379 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $181 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 9 | $180 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $172 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $150 |
| Novartis | 7 | $129 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $94 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $81 |
| GSK | 5 | $70 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 4 | $63 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $41 |
| Merck | 2 | $28 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Hospira, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$588
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$244
- TRUMATCH$239
- MATRIXMANDIBLE$239
- SPIROX - LATERA$157
- NAV - PROFESS NAVIGATION SYSTEM$132
- ENTELLUS - FIAGON SINUS NAVIGATION SYSTEM$132
- DUPIXENT$121
How this compares
$32,962 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 193 otolaryngology providers in Indiana.
Other otolaryngology in Carmel
- Noah ParkerCarmel$19K
- Scott PhillipsCarmel$19K
- Tod HuntleyCarmel$12K
- Edward KrowiakCarmel$5K
- Joshua GreeneAnderson$955K
- Satyan SreenathIndianapolis$103K
- Venkata KakarlapudiNew Albany$33K
- Elisa IllingIndianapolis$28K
- Colin NeumannNew Albany$26K
- Erin KevernElkhart$26K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.