George Matuschak, MD
Pulmonary Disease · Saint Louis, MONPI 1881780021
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $5,745 of the $8,807 with a category attached, or 65.2%. Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. accounts for 76.9% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 67 payments — averaging $131.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$7K
- United Therapeutics Corporation$893
- Bayer$320
- Merck$199
- GSK$193
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$141
- plus $288 from 6 others
Across 66 payments — averaging $1227.67 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.
- Dompe Farmaceutici S.p.a.$55K
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Ltd$12K
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$9K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$5K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,74565%
- Travel & lodging$310%
- Food & beverage$2,93233%
- Education$991%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 16 | $6,773 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 9 | $893 |
| Bayer | 6 | $320 |
| Merck | 2 | $199 |
| GSK | 21 | $193 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $141 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $114 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $50 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $29 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Inogen, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- UPTRAVI$6,017
- OPSUMIT$3,404
- Adempas$244
- Inspire$116
- Prolastin-C$114
How this compares
$8,807 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 295 pulmonary disease providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OpsumitMacitentan | 218 | $2,761,417 |
| AdempasRiociguat | 110 | $1,468,754 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 775 | $660,785 |
| OfevNintedanib Esylate | 41 | $550,205 |
| UptraviSelexipag | 20 | $350,312 |
| Tyvaso DpiTreprostinil | 12 | $278,643 |
| Orenitram ErTreprostinil Diolamine | 16 | $140,436 |
| Fasenra PenBenralizumab | 17 | $94,331 |
| Bosentan | 24 | $78,997 |
| Pirfenidone | 42 | $72,921 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 128 | $68,479 |
| EliquisApixaban | 86 | $65,710 |
| NucalaMepolizumab | 13 | $47,733 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 60 | $42,251 |
| Spiriva HandihalerTiotropium Bromide | 42 | $34,895 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.Opsumit, Uptravi, Bosentan | $6,773 | $3,190,726262 claims |
| BayerAdempas | $320 | $1,468,754110 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Nucala, Anoro Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta | $193 | $822,185995 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Symbicort, Bevespi Aerosphere | $50 | $70,769132 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $29 | $65,71086 claims |
| MerckDulera | $199 | $19,28841 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 75th percentile of 295 pulmonary disease providers in Missouri.
Other pulmonary disease in Saint Louis
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- Alexander ChenSaint Louis$679K
- Joseph OjileSaint Louis$538K
- Edward CharbekSaint Louis$372K
- Marin KollefSaint Louis$264K
- Praveen ChennaSaint Louis$255K
- Murali ChakinalaSaint Louis$172K
- Janet LeeSaint Louis$143K
- Ali SadoughiSaint Louis$87K
- Ramsey HachemSaint Louis$79K
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.