Joseph Cuschieri
Trauma Surgery · Seattle, WANPI 1881770667
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $9,760 of the $11,061 with a category attached, or 88.2%. BTG International Inc. accounts for 99.7% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $11,037, more than ten times the $15 reported in 2021.
Across 9 payments — averaging $1229.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- BTG International Inc.$11K
- Kls-martin L.p.$24
- Johnson & Johnson$14
Across 3 payments — averaging $37,757 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.
- CSL Behring$113K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,76088%
- Travel & lodging$1,11010%
- Food & beverage$1912%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BTG International Inc. | 5 | $11,023 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 3 | $24 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$11,061 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 35 trauma surgery providers in Washington.
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 trauma surgery in Seattle
- Katherine MandellSeattle$21K
- Alexander MalloySeattle$3K
- Daniel RoubikSeattle$2K
- Barclay StewartSeattle$1K
- Erika BisgaardSeattle$1K
- Dylan JasonSeattle$836
- Chris MarfoSeattle$695
- Bryce RobinsonSeattle$311
- Samuel MandellSeattle$280
- Kathleen O'ConnellSeattle$209
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.