Maria Altieri, MD
Surgery · Philadelphia, PANPI 1134436645
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 48.1% of the total. Among surgery 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 114 payments — averaging $325.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$18K
- Intuitive Surgical$9K
- Medtronic$5K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$834
- plus $1K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,04551%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,3006%
- Travel & lodging$9,13925%
- Food & beverage$4,65113%
- Education$2,0005%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $17,849 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 56 | $8,646 |
| Medtronic | 18 | $4,554 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $2,107 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 13 | $1,705 |
| Stryker | 2 | $834 |
| BD | 1 | $650 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $253 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $180 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $119 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $110 |
| Activ Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $48 |
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.
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$17,811
- Enseal$17,811
- Harmonic$17,811
- Da Vinci Surgical System$6,463
- Signia$2,052
- Apollo ESG NXT System$1,727
- DAVINCI XI$1,000
- 1688$814
- Avitene Ultrafoam$650
- Phasix Mesh$180
- GORE SYNECOR Biomaterial$171
- Signet$142
- STRATTICE RECONSTRUCTIVE TISSUE MATRIX BPS$119
- LigaSure$111
- AIRSEAL$110
How this compares
$37,135 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 Philadelphia
- Brett ChatmanPhiladelphia$178K
- David WernsingPhiladelphia$142K
- Said AzouryPhiladelphia$131K
- James MarkmannPhiladelphia$97K
- Daniel HewittPhiladelphia$89K
- Daniel HashimotoPhiladelphia$73K
- Scott KozinPhiladelphia$59K
- Prashanth PalvannanPhiladelphia$54K
- Henry HirschPhiladelphia$53K
- Erica PettkePhiladelphia$52K
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.