Pediatric Otolaryngology in California
66 providers, $213,644 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $583.
Ranking high here usually means a consulting or royalty arrangement, not wrongdoing. Payments to device inventors and trial investigators are legal, disclosed, and concentrated in a small number of people — which is exactly why a list like this has a steep top and a long flat tail.
What Medicare pays pediatric otolaryngology clinicians in California
Across 12 pediatric otolaryngology clinicians in California who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $1,916,705 in total — an average of $159,725 each, of which $154,611 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.
This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.
Ranked by reported payments
- 1Seth PranskySan Diego$75,594
- 2Vijay PatelSan Diego$28,340
- 3Kevin HuohOrange$26,404
- 4Rose EapenManhattan Beach$12,170
- 5Andrew BirkelandPalo Alto$8,411
- 6Kathy YuHuntington Beach$8,055
- 7Namrata VarmaLong Beach$6,510
- 8Alan ChengPalo Alto$3,601
- 9Mai Thy TruongPalo Alto$3,587
- 10Qiu ZhongMadera$2,751
- 11Kay ChangPalo Alto$2,565
- 12Gabriel AromOrange$2,553
- 13Daniela CarvalhoSan Diego$2,463
- 14Abhita ReddyLos Angeles$2,239
- 15Kyle RobinetteMadera$1,953
- 16Alyssa SmithPalo Alto$1,776
- 17Jacqueline HarrisSanta Clara$1,623
- 18Aaron LinLos Angeles$1,563
- 19Dale TylorSanta Barbara$1,538
- 20Aditi BhuskuteSacramento$1,455
- 21Ethan MuhonenOrange$1,357
- 22Erynne FaucettSacramento$1,279
- 23Grace KimPalo Alto$1,228
- 24Mika SumiyoshiSacramento$1,006
- 25Douglas BrewsterSan Diego$997
- 26Steven EngebretsenMadera$938
- 27Jamie FunamuraSacramento$851
- 28Ali StrockerTarzana$832
- 29Iram AhmadPalo Alto$792
- 30Anna MeyerSan Francisco$718
- 31Jeremy YangSan Diego$712
- 32Alisha WestLos Angeles$586
- 33Alexis LopezMadera$583
- 34Ethan FrankSan Diego$570
- 35Jay BhattOrange$546
- 36Jocelyn KohnPalo Alto$489
- 37Kara MeisterPalo Alto$464
- 38Kimberly LuuSan Francisco$425
- 39Jeffrey BirnsTarzana$336
- 40Dong Kyoo KangPalo Alto$316
- 41Douglas SidellPalo Alto$272
- 42Jeffrey KoempelLos Angeles$253
- 43Mark RoweMadera$242
- 44Morgan BlissSan Diego$230
- 45Vikrum ThimmappaLoma Linda$211
- 46David EvansSacramento$194
- 47Zhen QianSan Diego$191
- 48Josephine CzechowiczSan Francisco$181
- 49Gopi ShahSan Diego$180
- 50Felizardo CamilonOrange$171
- 51Rajas TipnisSan Francisco$166
- 52Tulio ValdezPalo Alto$152
- 53Donald KearnsSan Diego$133
- 54James OchiEscondido$121
- 55Shelby LeuinSan Diego$119
- 56Anthony MagitSan Diego$115
- 57Karthik BalakrishnanPalo Alto$104
- 58Daniel SpilmanSanta Cruz$104
- 59Chad SudokoOrange$95
- 60Miguel KrishnanLoma Linda$55