Tyson Nielsen, MD
Otolaryngology · Boise, IDNPI 1326435249
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Intuitive Surgical accounts for 65.4% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $832, 8.6 times the $97 reported in 2019.
Across 12 payments — averaging $105.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$832
- Kls-martin L.p.$217
- Stryker$97
- Johnson & Johnson$71
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$25
- Medtronic$17
- plus $12 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$73558%
- Food & beverage$53642%
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 | $832 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 2 | $217 |
| Stryker | 1 | $97 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $71 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $17 |
| Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$1,271 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 40 otolaryngology providers in Idaho.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 161 | $1,278 |
| Lidocaine Hcl ViscousLidocaine Hcl | 29 | $853 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 106 | $656 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 37 | $551 |
| Calcitriol | 16 | $390 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 30 | $312 |
| Pentoxifylline | 14 | $272 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 47 | $168 |
| Ibuprofen | 44 | $165 |
| Cephalexin | 16 | $123 |
| Omeprazole | 50 | $115 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 12 | $93 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 11 | $93 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 14 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Boise
- Donald BeasleyBoise$7K
- Ryan van de GraaffBoise$6K
- David LewisBoise$911
- Martin TubachBoise$245
- John SymmsBoise$238
- Jacob RobisonBoise$147
- Todd RustadBoise$55
- Matthew SchwarzBoise$32
- Arthur JonesBoise$19
- Delray MaughanBoise$18
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.