Steven Miller
Otolaryngology · Salt Lake City, UTNPI 1942313796
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $24,880 of the $31,842 with a category attached, or 78.1%. Optinose US, Inc. accounts for 99.1% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $9,465 and has fallen 83.2% since, to $1,588 in 2023. Among otolaryngology clinicians in UT 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 147 payments — averaging $216.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Optinose US, Inc.$32K
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$74
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$68
- Boston Scientific$62
- Aerin Medical Inc.$25
- AbbVie$20
- plus $33 from 2 others
Across 16 payments — averaging $6762.09 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- GSK$60K
- Optinose US, Inc.$40K
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$7K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,0006%
- Speaking & faculty fees$24,88078%
- Travel & lodging$3,10510%
- Food & beverage$1,8586%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Optinose US, Inc. | 132 | $31,561 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 4 | $74 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $62 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $20 |
| GSK | 1 | $19 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Xhance$29,920
How this compares
$31,842 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 104 otolaryngology providers in Utah.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Fluticasone Propionate | 20 | $468 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Salt Lake City
- Michael WilsonSalt Lake City$16K
- Matthew DahlSalt Lake City$12K
- Anthony SanchezSalt Lake City$7K
- Pramod SharmaSalt Lake City$5K
- Joshua BradleySalt Lake City$3K
- Allison DurhamSalt Lake City$3K
- Cory FulcherSalt Lake City$3K
- Mitchell DunklebargerSalt Lake City$2K
- Daniel BestourousSalt Lake City$2K
- John BennettSalt Lake City$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.