Brian Feingold
Pediatric Cardiology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1700859980
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $1,093 of the $1,656 with a category attached, or 66.0%. Merck accounts for 67.9% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,183 and has fallen 79.6% since, to $241 in 2025.
Across 19 payments — averaging $87.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$1K
- Abbott$257
- AstraZeneca$175
- Abiomed$66
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$34
Across 34 payments — averaging $12,587 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.
- Novartis$216K
- Merck$114K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$87K
- Paragonix Technologies, Inc.$11K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$17511%
- Travel & lodging$1,09366%
- Food & beverage$38823%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 9 | $1,124 |
| Abbott | 4 | $257 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $175 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $66 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
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.
- VERQUVO$824
- ULTOMIRIS$175
- CardioMEMS HF System$150
How this compares
$1,656 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 102 pediatric cardiology providers in Pennsylvania.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Sildenafil Citrate | 12 | $2,686 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatric cardiology in Pittsburgh
- Bryan GoldsteinPittsburgh$663K
- Laura OlivieriPittsburgh$13K
- Adam ChristopherPittsburgh$9K
- Lauren CarlozziPittsburgh$8K
- Sara TruccoPittsburgh$6K
- Christopher FollansbeePittsburgh$6K
- Kathryn ReynoldsPittsburgh$6K
- Gaurav AroraPittsburgh$3K
- Matthew ZinnPittsburgh$506
- Vivekanand AlladaPittsburgh$271
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.