Alan Shapiro, DO
Emergency Medicine · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1073713921
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $33,525 of the $36,873 with a category attached, or 90.9%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 41.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $11,969 and has fallen 70.2% since, to $3,570 in 2024. Among emergency medicine clinicians in PA 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 69 payments — averaging $534.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$15K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$11K
- Pfizer$7K
- Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC$3K
- CSL Behring$123
- BTG International Inc.$59
- plus $111 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5001%
- Speaking & faculty fees$33,52591%
- Travel & lodging$1,2513%
- Food & beverage$1,5884%
- Education$90%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 26 | $15,135 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 12 | $10,855 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $7,417 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 8 | $3,172 |
| CSL Behring | 7 | $123 |
| BTG International Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Purdue Pharma L.p. | 2 | $49 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $27 |
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
$36,873 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,120 emergency medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 15 | $10,258 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 91 | $956 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 176 | $560 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 17 | $535 |
| Cephalexin | 51 | $499 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 65 | $447 |
| Methylprednisolone | 45 | $222 |
| Dexamethasone | 21 | $177 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 11 | $164 |
| Methocarbamol | 31 | $156 |
| Prednisone | 59 | $122 |
| Meclizine Hcl | 30 | $105 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 11 | $56 |
| Azithromycin | 13 | $30 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $7,417 | $10,25815 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 95th percentile of 3,120 emergency medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
Other emergency medicine in Pittsburgh
- Arvind VenkatPittsburgh$26K
- Paul PhrampusPittsburgh$11K
- Breanna KebortPittsburgh$10K
- Emily LovalloPittsburgh$4K
- Anthony WongPittsburgh$3K
- Matthew StaumPittsburgh$3K
- Michael LynchPittsburgh$3K
- William BaileyPittsburgh$2K
- Jaewon RyuDanville$982K
- Yvonne SurhNorristown$373K
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.