MED-EL Corporation

Pharmaceutical & medical device company payment data from CMS Open Payments.

Total Payments
$17.5M
Doctors Paid
680
Transactions
5,203
2024 Total
$2.5M

Payment Breakdown by Category

Research$13.4M (76.4%)
Travel$879,832 (5.0%)
Consulting$562,216 (3.2%)
Food & Beverage$201,984 (1.2%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Unspecified $13.4M 448 76.4%
Long term medical supply or device loan $1.7M 131 9.8%
Travel and Lodging $879,832 1,470 5.0%
Consulting Fee $562,216 61 3.2%
Grant $334,051 83 1.9%
Honoraria $223,117 61 1.3%
Food and Beverage $201,984 2,781 1.2%
Education $173,987 141 1.0%
Space rental or facility fees (teaching hospital only) $38,875 18 0.2%
Charitable Contribution $3,162 8 0.0%
Gift $155.51 1 0.0%

Payments by Type

Research
$13.4M
448 transactions
General
$4.1M
4,755 transactions

Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Total Paid Doctors Records
Expanded Indications in the MED-EL pediatric Cochlear Implant population $1.8M 0 68
Cochlear Implantation in Pediatric cases of Unilateral Hearing Loss $1.7M 0 50
Research Collaboration Agreeement $1.4M 0 30
Single Sided Deafness and Asymmetric Hearing Loss Post approval study $1.1M 0 41
Single Sided Deafness and Assymetric Hearing Loss Post Approval Study $1.1M 0 24
Iowa Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Center Study of SSD using MED-EL Cochlear Implants $1.0M 0 9
Early Molecular Mechanisms in Electrode Insertion $821,721 0 3
Expanded Indication in the Pediatric BONEBRIDGE Population $644,807 0 29
Electrophysiologic studies to test the otoprotection $424,554 0 1
Feasibility of Real-Time, Direct Cochlear Nerve Monitoring for Optimization of Concurrent Translabyrinthine Vestibular Schwannoma Resection with Cochlear Implantation $379,250 0 3
Single Sided Deafness and Asymmetric Hearing LossPost approval study $368,730 0 4
Cochlear Implantation in the Single-Sided Deafness in the Medicare Population $357,820 0 9
Cochlear Implantation in Cases of Single-Sided Deafness $319,897 0 4
Residual Hearing using MED?EL Cochlear Implants study $287,102 0 5
Collaborative Grant - Master CTA $272,254 0 4
Improving Early Literacy Outcomes in Oral Deaf and Hard of Hearing School Age Children from Multilingual Environments $150,000 0 6
Vestibular Implantation $103,640 0 1
Evaluating and Optimizing Electrically-Evoked Stapedial Reflex Threshold (eSRT) Measurements in Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients $74,786 0 49
Peripheral Processes on Cochlear $59,255 0 1
Electric Acoustic Systems Post Approval Study $56,690 0 14
Cochlear implantation for treatment of single-sided deafness $51,315 0 2
Lean Workshop $42,710 0 4
ADHEAR in infants with Down Syndrome and minimal hearing loss $42,270 0 9
Expanded Indications in the Pediatric BONEBRIDGE Population $39,361 0 2
FPCT-Based Mapping at Initial Act $32,275 0 2
Multicenter- OTOPLAN AID Comparison $28,034 0 3
OTOPLAN Bonebridge study $27,614 0 4
MRI Artifact Reduction $25,443 0 1
Vestibular Function After Cochlear Implantation Using Soft Surgery Techniques $20,570 0 4
Expanded Indications in the MED-EL Adult Cochlear Implant population $19,128 0 8

Payments by Medical Specialty

Specialty Total Paid Doctors Avg/Doctor
Otolaryngology $869,365 373 $2,331
Specialist $531,551 21 $25,312
Otology & Neurotology $425,527 135 $3,152
Pediatric Otolaryngology $76,907 53 $1,451
Otolaryngic Allergy $64,271 1 $64,271
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program $43,148 33 $1,308
General Practice $28,289 1 $28,289
Surgery $5,972 4 $1,493
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation $4,104 1 $4,104
Neurological Surgery $3,948 1 $3,948
Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery $2,723 10 $272.30
Facial Plastic Surgery $2,509 5 $501.88
Physician Assistant $2,356 9 $261.73
Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck $1,749 5 $349.78
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery $1,520 1 $1,520
Plastic Surgery $1,500 1 $1,500
Neuroradiology $1,472 1 $1,472
Neurology $1,132 2 $566.18
Sleep Medicine $401.54 3 $133.85
Family $353.92 4 $88.48
Critical Care Medicine $239.40 1 $239.40
Registered Nurse $138.81 1 $138.81
Adult Health $118.62 1 $118.62
Family Medicine $94.61 1 $94.61
Allergy & Immunology $90.60 1 $90.60
Anesthesiology $68.82 1 $68.82
Ambulatory Surgical $49.86 1 $49.86
Medical $37.98 2 $18.99
Emergency Medicine $34.41 1 $34.41
Nurse Practitioner $14.92 1 $14.92
Physical Therapy $14.56 1 $14.56

Top Paid Doctors — Page 2

Doctor Specialty Location Total 2024
Dr. Kenneth Lee, M.d., Ph.d, M.D., PH.D Pediatric Otolaryngology Dallas, TX $12,630 $0
Michael Murray, M.d, M.D Otolaryngology San Jose, CA $12,600 $0
John Dornhoffer, Md, MD Otology & Neurotology Little Rock, AR $12,392 $0
Anil Lalwani, M.d, M.D Otology & Neurotology New York, NY $12,225 $0
Nicholas Thompson, Md, MD Otolaryngology Chapel Hill, NC $10,584 $0
Dr. Craig Buchman, Md, MD Otolaryngology Saint Louis, MO $10,036 $0
Herman Jenkins, Md, MD Otolaryngology Aurora, CO $10,000 $0
Dr. Maura Cosetti, M.d, M.D Otolaryngology Shreveport, LA $9,944 $0
Dr. Matthew Bush, M.d, M.D Otolaryngology Lexington, KY $9,872 $0
Brian Peters, Md, MD Otolaryngology Dallas, TX $9,692 $0
Dr. Daniel Zeitler, M.d, M.D Otology & Neurotology Seattle, WA $9,449 $0
Dr. Timothy Hullar, Md, MD Otolaryngology Portland, OR $8,993 $0
Dr. Joe Kutz, M.d, M.D Otology & Neurotology Dallas, TX $8,575 $0
Dr. Carleton Corrales, M.d, M.D Otolaryngology Boston, MA $8,288 $0
Dr. Debara Tucci, M.d, M.D Otolaryngology Durham, NC $8,166 $0
Dr. Alex Sweeney, M.d, M.D Otolaryngology Houston, TX $8,052 $0
Alicia Quesnel, M.d, M.D Otolaryngology Boston, MA $7,710 $0
Sachin Gupta, Md, MD Otolaryngology Seattle, WA $7,447 $0
Scott Shapiro, M.d, M.D Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Cincinnati, OH $7,431 $0
Dr. Richard Wagner, M.d, M.D Specialist Coupeville, WA $7,000 $0
Charles Limb, M.d, M.D Otolaryngology San Francisco, CA $6,754 $0
Daniel Coelho, Md, MD Otolaryngology Richmond, VA $6,739 $0
Jay Gantz, M.d./Ph.d, M.D./PH.D Otolaryngology Portland, OR $6,585 $0
Marc Bennett, Md, MD Otology & Neurotology Nashville, TN $6,534 $0
Dr. Samuel Gubbels, M.d, M.D Otolaryngology Aurora, CO $6,491 $0

About MED-EL Corporation

MED-EL Corporation has made $17.5M in payments to 680 healthcare providers, recorded across 5,203 transactions in the CMS Open Payments database. In 2024, the company paid $2.5M. The top product by payment volume is MED-EL Maestro Cochlear Implant System ($9.0M).

Payments were distributed across 31 medical specialties. The top specialty by payment amount is Otolaryngology ($869,365 to 373 doctors).

Payment categories include: Food & Beverage ($201,984), Consulting ($562,216), Research ($13.4M), Travel & Lodging ($879,832).

MED-EL Corporation is associated with 9 products in the CMS Open Payments database, including MED-EL Maestro Cochlear Implant System, Mi1250 SYNCHRONY 2 FLEXsoft, and BCI 602 Kit.