Thomas Christenson, MD
Otolaryngology · Minneapolis, MNNPI 1346458247
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 22 payments — averaging $22.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$111
- GSK$100
- Aerin Medical Inc.$88
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$47
- Checkpoint Surgical, Inc$38
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$31
- plus $71 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$486100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $111 |
| GSK | 6 | $100 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 2 | $88 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $38 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Amgen | 1 | $20 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $17 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$486 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 30 | $3,710 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 74 | $2,313 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 108 | $2,303 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 18 | $1,853 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 100 | $1,390 |
| Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate | 28 | $1,071 |
| Ofloxacin | 42 | $915 |
| Mupirocin | 43 | $348 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 23 | $316 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 29 | $244 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 11 | $236 |
| Famotidine | 26 | $164 |
| Prednisone | 47 | $154 |
| Cephalexin | 19 | $109 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 13 | $98 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Minneapolis
- Abby MeyerMinneapolis$331K
- George GodingMinneapolis$193K
- Samuel LevineMinneapolis$151K
- Michael PaparellaMinneapolis$22K
- Oleg FroymovichMinneapolis$20K
- Robert TibesarMinneapolis$6K
- Alan JohnsonMinneapolis$6K
- Nissim KhabieMinneapolis$6K
- Benjamin OstranderMinneapolis$4K
- Neal GodseMinneapolis$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.