Kathirvel Subramaniam
Anesthesiology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1730154691
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (37.8%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Octapharma USA, Inc. at 52.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $4,812 and has fallen 97.8% since, to $106 in 2025. 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 23 payments — averaging $402.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Octapharma USA, Inc.$5K
- Instrumentation Laboratory Company$4K
- Hemosonics LLC$147
- Atricure, Inc.$146
- Acacia Pharma Inc$137
- Abbott$106
Across 44 payments — averaging $11,837 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.
- Haemonetics Corporation$276K
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$106K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$70K
- Grifols Therapeutics LLC$34K
- CSL Behring$20K
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$14K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,20035%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,50038%
- Travel & lodging$1,64218%
- Food & beverage$91110%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 12 | $4,812 |
| Instrumentation Laboratory Company | 6 | $3,905 |
| Hemosonics LLC | 1 | $147 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 2 | $137 |
| Abbott | 1 | $106 |
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.
How this compares
$9,253 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.
Other anesthesiology in Pittsburgh
- William McIvorPittsburgh$226K
- Jonathan WatersPittsburgh$191K
- Sean McDermottPittsburgh$31K
- Ryan HoldenPittsburgh$30K
- Franklyn CladisPittsburgh$8K
- Willy GamaPittsburgh$8K
- Adam ChildersPittsburgh$6K
- Michael DesciakPittsburgh$5K
- Peter BoatengPittsburgh$5K
- Lee FleisherPhiladelphia$659K
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.