Terenece Zimmermann
Otolaryngology · Rochester, MNNPI 1447666144
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $4,364 of the $6,607 with a category attached, or 66.0%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 76.5% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $5,125 and has fallen 93.5% since, to $334 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in MN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 47 payments — averaging $140.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$5K
- Smith+Nephew$364
- Medtronic$205
- Stryker$204
- Acclarent, Inc$162
- GSK$159
- plus $456 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$96515%
- Food & beverage$1,27819%
- Education$4,36466%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 9 | $5,056 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $364 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $205 |
| Stryker | 9 | $204 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 3 | $162 |
| GSK | 8 | $159 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $151 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $103 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $100 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 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
$6,607 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 181 otolaryngology providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 239 | $10,687 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 205 | $8,115 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 174 | $2,365 |
| Famotidine | 128 | $2,239 |
| Lidocaine Hcl ViscousLidocaine Hcl | 50 | $2,031 |
| Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate | 36 | $1,484 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 11 | $1,332 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 66 | $1,316 |
| Pilocarpine Hcl | 16 | $769 |
| Azithromycin | 32 | $694 |
| Ofloxacin | 51 | $685 |
| Mupirocin | 92 | $665 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 21 | $656 |
| Fluconazole | 56 | $565 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 66 | $531 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Rochester
- Matthew CarlsonRochester$80K
- Rijul KshirsagarRochester$18K
- Brian NeffRochester$16K
- Carlos Pinheiro NetoRochester$11K
- Dale EkbomRochester$9K
- James DornhofferRochester$5K
- Colin DriscollRochester$5K
- Joshua WiedermannRochester$4K
- Eleni RettigRochester$4K
- Jacob DeyRochester$2K
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.