Timothy Zajonc, MD
Otolaryngology · Johnson City, TNNPI 1336117779
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (40.9%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 34.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,469 and has fallen 72.3% since, to $408 in 2025.
Across 74 payments — averaging $50.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$1K
- GSK$313
- Sanofi$254
- Acclarent, Inc$204
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$197
- plus $375 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,40337%
- Food & beverage$1,54141%
- Education$82822%
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 | 5 | $1,288 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 9 | $1,142 |
| GSK | 17 | $313 |
| Sanofi | 11 | $254 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 5 | $204 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 8 | $197 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Amgen | 2 | $51 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 2 | $49 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $37 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $30 |
| Merck | 1 | $29 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Stryker | 1 | $25 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Resmed Corp | 1 | $18 |
| Novartis | 1 | $16 |
| Med-el Corporation | 1 | $15 |
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
$3,772 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 191 otolaryngology providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent SyringeDupilumab | 57 | $231,891 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 198 | $5,526 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 70 | $3,331 |
| Ofloxacin | 76 | $3,249 |
| Cefdinir | 109 | $2,775 |
| Mupirocin | 194 | $2,565 |
| Desloratadine | 37 | $1,679 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 11 | $1,350 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 46 | $775 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 35 | $673 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 49 | $494 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 64 | $426 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 87 | $409 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 31 | $366 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 54 | $316 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Johnson City
- Johnathan WinsteadJohnson City$5K
- Bruce AbkesJohnson City$3K
- Rakesh ChandraNashville$381K
- David FortuneHermitage$298K
- Grady BryantHermitage$74K
- Marion GillespieMemphis$67K
- Clyde MathisonFarragut$66K
- Dean KlugGermantown$37K
- Michael TopfNashville$36K
- John GleysteenMemphis$25K
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.