Maher El Chaar, MD
Surgery · Allentown, PANPI 1891986717
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 809 payments — averaging $823.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$653K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$12K
- Aesculap, Inc.$1K
- Endogastric Solutions, Inc$324
- Johnson & Johnson$271
- Boston Scientific$102
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 788 | $653,311 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 8 | $11,507 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 3 | $1,058 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 2 | $324 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $271 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $102 |
How this compares
$666,573 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,424 surgery 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 surgery in Allentown
- Paul CesanekAllentown$469K
- Scott BemanAllentown$56K
- Giorgos KarakousisPhiladelphia$8.8M
- James MarkmannPhiladelphia$1.8M
- John MiuraPhiladelphia$1.3M
- Martin WijkstromPittsburgh$1.3M
- Andy KiserPittsburgh$1.1M
- Blair JobePittsburgh$827K
- Glenn SteeleDanville$698K
- Olwadamilola FayanjuPhiladelphia$668K
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.