Ariel Aballay, MD
Surgery · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1487671814
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (47.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Kerecis Limited accounts for 79.8% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among surgery 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 151 payments — averaging $1314.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kerecis Limited$158K
- Medline Industries LP$30K
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$5K
- Polymedics Innovations Inc.$1K
- KCI USA, Inc.$926
- Smith+Nephew$778
- plus $2K from 12 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $704.89 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.
- Medline Industries LP$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$23,01812%
- Speaking & faculty fees$93,77447%
- Travel & lodging$46,79124%
- Food & beverage$31,30416%
- Education$3,2502%
- Gifts$2000%
- Charitable contribution$1000%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kerecis Limited | 55 | $158,282 |
| Medline Industries LP | 18 | $30,195 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 4 | $5,270 |
| Polymedics Innovations Inc. | 13 | $1,414 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $926 |
| Smith+Nephew | 24 | $778 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 9 | $522 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 5 | $273 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 5 | $250 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 2 | $194 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 4 | $111 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 2 | $54 |
| Acell, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $44 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Clinical Technology, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Bsn Medical Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$265,568
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$227,987
- Kerecis SurgiClose$112,266
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$89,900
- Dermatology and Wound Care$28,727
- Kerecis GraftGuide$28,066
- Kerecis Omega3 Wound$21,822
- Kerecis Omega3 Surgibind$21,822
- KERRACONTACT AG (US)$800
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$275
- PRIMATRIX$275
- VASHE WOUND SOLUTION 250 ML (8.5 FL OZ) FLIP TOP CAP$164
- Oasis$149
- BILAYER WOUND MATRIX (BWM)$141
- IDRT$141
- FLOWABLE$141
- MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.$138
- INTEGRA MESHED BILAYER WOUND MATRIX$134
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$134
- INTEGRA FLOWABLE WOUND MATRIX$134
How this compares
$198,436 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,424 surgery 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.
Other surgery in Pittsburgh
- Andy KiserPittsburgh$1M
- George EidPittsburgh$619K
- Blair JobePittsburgh$150K
- Philip SchauerPittsburgh$94K
- Abhinav HumarPittsburgh$57K
- Eric HagerPittsburgh$41K
- Matthew NealPittsburgh$34K
- Derek Serna-GallegosPittsburgh$32K
- Kellie CunninghamPittsburgh$28K
- Schae SaravitzPittsburgh$27K
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.