Vishaal Patel, MD
Otolaryngology · Neptune, NJNPI 1790278372
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,278 of the $4,716 with a category attached, or 69.5%. Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. accounts for 64.0% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,330, more than ten times the $16 reported in 2020. Among otolaryngology clinicians in NJ 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 79 payments — averaging $59.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$3K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$1K
- Abbott$339
- Cochlear Americas$130
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$99
- Optinose US, Inc.$50
- plus $80 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,00021%
- Travel & lodging$4389%
- Food & beverage$3,27870%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 64 | $3,018 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $1,000 |
| Abbott | 4 | $339 |
| Cochlear Americas | 2 | $130 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Stryker | 1 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $23 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$4,716 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 232 otolaryngology providers in New Jersey.
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 | 21 | $2,205 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 56 | $2,060 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 146 | $1,997 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 67 | $1,966 |
| Ofloxacin | 19 | $370 |
| Omeprazole | 38 | $284 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 20 | $187 |
| Mupirocin | 35 | $177 |
| Methylprednisolone | 25 | $171 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 14 | $143 |
| Famotidine | 22 | $129 |
| Prednisone | 21 | $76 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Neptune
- Nishant ReddyEast Windsor$133K
- Giant LinFlorham Park$25K
- Samir ShahVoorhees$16K
- Brian BensonHackensack$14K
- Andrew BlitzerHackensack$9K
- Ahmad MahmoudClifton$9K
- Jean EloyNewark$8K
- Ramtin KassirWayne$8K
- Wayne HsuehNewark$7K
- Gregory SmithEvesham$7K
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.