Johnathan Vu
Anesthesiology · Wynnewood, PANPI 1518348721
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 85 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 30 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,044, 4.6 times the $229 reported in 2019. Among anesthesiology 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 85 payments — averaging $30.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- UCB, Inc.$316
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$218
- Si-bone, Inc.$168
- Neurelis, Inc.$159
- AbbVie$155
- Merck$135
- plus $1K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,603100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UCB, Inc. | 12 | $316 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $218 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $168 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 8 | $159 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $155 |
| Merck | 3 | $135 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $124 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $119 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 5 | $119 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $108 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $106 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 4 | $101 |
| TG Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $98 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $81 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| Biogen | 3 | $66 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 2 | $66 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $61 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $47 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Vertex | 1 | $24 |
| Appliedvr Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $20 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $19 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- EXPAREL$125
- ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES$124
- OFIRMEV$106
How this compares
$2,603 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,015 anesthesiology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Buprenorphine | 15 | $4,016 |
| Gabapentin | 92 | $1,005 |
| Lidocaine | 11 | $786 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 39 | $785 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 37 | $700 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 68 | $486 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 48 | $265 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 20 | $251 |
| Ibuprofen | 14 | $157 |
| Methylprednisolone | 23 | $114 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 12 | $111 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Wynnewood
- Lee FleisherPhiladelphia$659K
- Eugene ViscusiPhiladelphia$398K
- Joseph AnswineMechanicsburg$255K
- Michael ScottPhiladelphia$250K
- William McIvorPittsburgh$226K
- Jonathan WatersPittsburgh$191K
- Nirmal ShahAllentown$85K
- Joshua AtkinsPhiladelphia$55K
- Sanjib AdhikaryHershey$47K
- Patrick FallAbington$41K
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.