George Cotsarelis, MD
Dermatology · Philadelphia, PANPI 1871540831
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $4,500 of the $6,694 with a category attached, or 67.2%. Pfizer accounts for 68.1% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $4,500 and has fallen 99.2% since, to $37 in 2023.
Across 6 payments — averaging $1115.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$5K
- GSK$2K
- AbbVie$27
Across 2 payments — averaging $92,500 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.
- Pfizer$185K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,10932%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,50067%
- Food & beverage$851%
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.
How this compares
$6,694 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 626 dermatology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 22 | $1,017 |
| Minoxidil | 69 | $996 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 22 | $883 |
| Finasteride | 32 | $406 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Philadelphia
- Stephen HessPhiladelphia$1.7M
- Joel GelfandPhiladelphia$649K
- Victoria WerthPhiladelphia$547K
- Nicholas MollanazarPhiladelphia$369K
- Harold FarberPhiladelphia$284K
- Jules LipoffPhiladelphia$259K
- Susan TaylorPhiladelphia$207K
- Joy WanPhiladelphia$176K
- Harold MilsteinPhiladelphia$120K
- David MargolisPhiladelphia$118K
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.