Marija Balic
Hematology & Oncology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1609635523
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $8,440 of the $8,859 with a category attached, or 95.3%. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH at 50.1% of the total.
Across 9 payments — averaging $984.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$4K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$4K
- Gilead$212
- Menarini Silicon Biosystems, Inc.$129
- AstraZeneca$78
Across 11 payments — averaging $34,842 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.
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$198K
- AstraZeneca$132K
- Novartis$43K
- Pfizer$10K
- Biontech SE$362
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,44095%
- Food & beverage$4195%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH | 1 | $4,440 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 2 | $4,000 |
| Gilead | 4 | $212 |
| Menarini Silicon Biosystems, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $78 |
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.
- CELLSEARCH$129
- Trodelvy$120
How this compares
$8,859 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 682 hematology & oncology providers in Pennsylvania.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Anastrozole | 18 | $297 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hematology & oncology in Pittsburgh
- Salman FazalPittsburgh$2.3M
- Cyrus KhanPittsburgh$1.9M
- Alexander BarsoukPittsburgh$674K
- Hashem YounesPittsburgh$435K
- Taofeek OwonikokoPittsburgh$346K
- Jason LukePittsburgh$300K
- Ahmad TarhiniPittsburgh$216K
- Diwakar DavarPittsburgh$104K
- Jing Zhou HouPittsburgh$78K
- Vikram GorantlaPittsburgh$62K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.