Zara Patel, MD
Otolaryngology · Stanford, CANPI 1487814109
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (49.8%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 67.8% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $33,643 and has fallen 93.6% since, to $2,167 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 128 payments — averaging $1000.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$87K
- Stryker$18K
- Optinose US, Inc.$8K
- Regeneron$7K
- Sanofi$4K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- plus $937 from 5 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $3137.94 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Optinose US, Inc.$17K
- Regeneron$867
- Sanofi$750
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$52,23041%
- Speaking & faculty fees$63,70650%
- Travel & lodging$8,0556%
- Food & beverage$4,0183%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 86 | $86,830 |
| Stryker | 16 | $18,491 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 10 | $7,716 |
| Regeneron | 3 | $7,305 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $4,250 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $2,480 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 2 | $345 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $288 |
| GSK | 4 | $236 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $48 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $21 |
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.
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$42,222
- NSE - HIGH SPEED DRILLS$18,026
- StealthStation$17,264
- NSE - SONOPET$17,100
- ENDO-SCRUB$14,037
- DUPIXENT$11,555
- Xhance$7,716
- FUSION$3,021
- MONOCRYL$2,480
- PDS$2,480
- PROLENE$2,480
- STRATAFIX$2,480
- PROPEL$511
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$153
- Acclarent Aera$128
- Inspira Air$128
- RELIEVA SPINPLUS NAV$128
- TruDi Probe$128
- NUCALA$119
How this compares
$128,009 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,021 otolaryngology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Azelastine Hcl | 13 | $240 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Stanford
- William RyanStanford$94K
- Jayakar NayakStanford$76K
- Michael KaplanStanford$59K
- Jarrod KeelerStanford$36K
- Brian WeeksSan Diego$924K
- Randall OwRoseville$613K
- Amir MoradiVista$389K
- Keith BlackwellLos Angeles$349K
- Kalpna DurairajSun Valley$348K
- Todd MillerNewport Beach$259K
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.