Christopher Follansbee, MD
Pediatric Cardiology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1013202910
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $3,974 of the $6,096 with a category attached, or 65.2%. Medtronic accounts for 82.7% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,824 and has fallen 64.1% since, to $1,373 in 2025.
Across 62 payments — averaging $98.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Abbott$438
- Boston Scientific$208
- Acist Medical Systems, Inc.$105
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$84
- Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc.$60
- plus $157 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1472%
- Travel & lodging$3,97465%
- Food & beverage$1,97532%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 35 | $5,044 |
| Abbott | 10 | $438 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $208 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 3 | $84 |
| Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. | 1 | $60 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $40 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $21 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $15 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $5 |
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
$6,096 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 102 pediatric cardiology 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 pediatric cardiology in Pittsburgh
- Bryan GoldsteinPittsburgh$663K
- Laura OlivieriPittsburgh$13K
- Adam ChristopherPittsburgh$9K
- Lauren CarlozziPittsburgh$8K
- Sara TruccoPittsburgh$6K
- Kathryn ReynoldsPittsburgh$6K
- Gaurav AroraPittsburgh$3K
- Brian FeingoldPittsburgh$2K
- Matthew ZinnPittsburgh$506
- Vivekanand AlladaPittsburgh$271
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.