RxDoctor Payments Data

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.

$1,656in general payments, 2019–2025

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
$427,964in research payments, 2019–2025

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Merck9$1,124
Abbott4$257
AstraZeneca1$175
Abiomed3$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.

How this compares

$1,656 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 102 pediatric cardiology providers in Pennsylvania.

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Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Sildenafil Citrate12$2,686

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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