David Ost, MD
Pulmonary Disease · New York, NYNPI 1174504120
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $29,319 of the $47,394 with a category attached, or 61.9%. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. at 54.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $13,682 and has fallen 85.2% since, to $2,030 in 2025. Among pulmonary disease clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 55 payments — averaging $861.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$26K
- Intuitive Surgical$18K
- C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries$4K
- Pinnacle Biologics, Inc$123
- GSK$34
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$29,31962%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,13821%
- Travel & lodging$4,53310%
- Food & beverage$1,4053%
- Education$2,0004%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 4 | $25,706 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 48 | $17,918 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 1 | $3,613 |
| Pinnacle Biologics, Inc | 1 | $123 |
| GSK | 1 | $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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$17,078
- Photofrin$123
How this compares
$47,394 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,115 pulmonary disease providers in New York.
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 pulmonary disease in New York
- Charles PowellNew York$654K
- Bisher AkilNew York$480K
- Sonali SethiNew York$388K
- Johnathan RaskinNew York$338K
- Monica KraftNew York$247K
- Jamie BessichNew York$226K
- Ronald CrystalNew York$213K
- Michael NiedermanNew York$176K
- Wilfredo TalaveraNew York$145K
- Josanna Rodriguez-LopezNew York$128K
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.