Eric Hager, MD
Surgery · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1083814933
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (47.4%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 45.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $14,789, more than ten times the $1,056 reported in 2019. 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 83 payments — averaging $498.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$19K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$14K
- Cook Incorporated$4K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$650
- plus $877 from 7 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $2369.25 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.
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,30035%
- Speaking & faculty fees$19,60047%
- Travel & lodging$3,4638%
- Food & beverage$3,8029%
- Education$1910%
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) | 27 | $18,715 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 25 | $14,121 |
| Cook Incorporated | 1 | $4,000 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $1,950 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 6 | $1,044 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 5 | $650 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 6 | $322 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 3 | $229 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $65 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 1 | $19 |
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.
- ClosureFast$9,539
- VenaSeal$8,613
- Zilver PTX$4,000
- Venclose Maven Catheter$1,048
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$566
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$566
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$566
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$566
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin$410
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$189
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$185
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$160
- FLEXITOUCH$125
- ACTITOUCH$125
- ENTRE$125
- Zenith$125
- TRIVEX SYSTEM$119
- Flexitouch Plus$116
- Entre Plus$116
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$101
How this compares
$41,356 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 14 | $18,226 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 19 | $16,607 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 27 | $178 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Pittsburgh
- Andy KiserPittsburgh$1M
- George EidPittsburgh$619K
- Ariel AballayPittsburgh$198K
- Blair JobePittsburgh$150K
- Philip SchauerPittsburgh$94K
- Abhinav HumarPittsburgh$57K
- 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.