William McCary, MD
Otolaryngology · Huntsville, ALNPI 1477644078
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,117 of the $6,101 with a category attached, or 83.9%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Aerin Medical Inc. at 24.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,991, 3.5 times the $562 reported in 2019.
Across 158 payments — averaging $38.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$1K
- Stryker$1K
- Optinose US, Inc.$953
- Sanofi$670
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$633
- GSK$441
- plus $823 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$95016%
- Food & beverage$5,11784%
- Education$341%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 10 | $1,465 |
| Stryker | 15 | $1,116 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 44 | $953 |
| Sanofi | 22 | $670 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 26 | $633 |
| GSK | 19 | $441 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $293 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $169 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $97 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $54 |
| Merck | 3 | $48 |
| Amgen | 1 | $34 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $14 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 1 | $12 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 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.
- VIVAER STYLUS$1,147
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$486
- Xhance$352
- Inspire$293
- ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$170
- SCOPIS ENT$164
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$150
- NUCALA$107
How this compares
$6,101 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 155 otolaryngology providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Epinephrine | 13 | $3,324 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 102 | $1,746 |
| Famotidine | 137 | $1,497 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 12 | $1,379 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 37 | $1,053 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 21 | $990 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 18 | $857 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 37 | $820 |
| Pilocarpine Hcl | 13 | $797 |
| Omeprazole | 59 | $731 |
| Indapamide | 26 | $436 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 48 | $428 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 26 | $378 |
| Mupirocin | 21 | $309 |
| Cefdinir | 12 | $277 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USAEpinephrine | $14 | $3,32413 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 80th percentile of 155 otolaryngology providers in Alabama.
Other otolaryngology in Huntsville
- William McFeelyHuntsville$70K
- John KostrzewaHuntsville$17K
- Bradley HobbsHuntsville$12K
- Gerard BrocatoHuntsville$5K
- Samih Nassif AbudinenHuntsville$4K
- Joseph BriganceHuntsville$4K
- Benjamin PowellHuntsville$3K
- Michael McFaddenHuntsville$2K
- John DavisHoover$251K
- Michael SillersBirmingham$53K
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.