Stephen Salzer, MD
Otolaryngology · Greenwich, CTNPI 1508860859
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 50 payments — averaging $20.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$226
- Optinose US, Inc.$215
- GSK$165
- Stryker$145
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$44
- Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$40
- plus $187 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,022100%
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 | $226 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 14 | $215 |
| GSK | 9 | $165 |
| Stryker | 4 | $145 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $34 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $33 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $31 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $19 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $17 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$1,022 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 119 otolaryngology providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluticasone Propionate | 258 | $3,759 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 89 | $3,224 |
| Olopatadine Hcl | 12 | $1,290 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 29 | $853 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 12 | $838 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 12 | $512 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 24 | $356 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 24 | $271 |
| Azithromycin | 18 | $134 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $86 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Greenwich
- Richard BrauerGreenwich$4K
- Steven BramwitGreenwich$3K
- Sara PaiNew Haven$3.5M
- Richard ManesNew Haven$246K
- Todd FalconeFarmington$171K
- Denis LafreniereFarmington$63K
- Seth BrownFarmington$58K
- Howard StupakWestport$48K
- Belachew TessemaFarmington$45K
- Howard BoeyNew Haven$19K
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.