Alexander Faigen
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1679925432
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (52.8%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 47.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,518 and has fallen 97.9% since, to $54 in 2025.
Across 50 payments — averaging $80.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Zimvie Inc.$848
- Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc.$472
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$240
- Johnson & Johnson$214
- Straumann USA LLC$160
- plus $175 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$341%
- Travel & lodging$1,28532%
- Food & beverage$2,13253%
- Education$58514%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 14 | $1,926 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 22 | $848 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 6 | $472 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $240 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $214 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 3 | $160 |
| Axogen | 1 | $107 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $69 |
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.
- NA$1,531
- BIOHORIZONS$519
- 3DIEMME RealGUIDE$298
- Tapered Screw-Vent$122
- MATRIXMIDFACE$118
- MATRIXMANDIBLE$118
- MATRIXORTHOGNATHIC$118
- BioHorizons Dental Implants$114
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$107
How this compares
$4,036 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 369 oral and maxillofacial surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 472 | $1,780 |
| Lidocaine Hcl ViscousLidocaine Hcl | 52 | $820 |
| Amoxicillin | 390 | $786 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 358 | $713 |
| Ibuprofen | 285 | $599 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 69 | $347 |
| IbuIbuprofen | 92 | $186 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 26 | $160 |
| Methylprednisolone | 25 | $90 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other oral and maxillofacial surgery in Pittsburgh
- Mark OchsPittsburgh$449K
- Bernard CostelloPittsburgh$44K
- Samir SinghPittsburgh$28K
- Joseph CilloPittsburgh$25K
- David DattiloPittsburgh$17K
- Helen GiannakopoulosPittsburgh$14K
- Gaurav ShahPittsburgh$12K
- Daniel HawkinsPittsburgh$6K
- Michael DuganPittsburgh$5K
- Alexander SachsPittsburgh$5K
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.