Matthew Neal, MD
Surgery · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1568666840
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (39.2%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. at 32.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $11,149 and has fallen 76.0% since, to $2,678 in 2025. 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 40 payments — averaging $851.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$11K
- Haemonetics Corporation$8K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$5K
- Octapharma USA, Inc.$5K
- CSL Behring$4K
- Cerus Corporation$612
- plus $10 from 1 others
Across 110 payments — averaging $4259.89 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.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$271K
- Instrumentation Laboratory Company$127K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$41K
- AstraZeneca$30K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,69828%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,62028%
- Travel & lodging$13,34839%
- Food & beverage$1,3394%
- Education$640%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $11,006 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 5 | $8,070 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 7 | $5,430 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 9 | $4,779 |
| CSL Behring | 10 | $4,162 |
| Cerus Corporation | 5 | $612 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $10 |
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.
- TEG6s HEMOSTASIS SYSTEM$5,698
- TEG5000 Hemostasis Analyzer$5,050
- FIBRYGA$4,554
- Kcentra$3,955
- INTERCEPT BLOOD SYSTEM FOR PLATELETS$591
How this compares
$34,068 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 Pittsburgh
- Andy KiserPittsburgh$1M
- George EidPittsburgh$619K
- Ariel AballayPittsburgh$198K
- Blair JobePittsburgh$150K
- Philip SchauerPittsburgh$94K
- Abhinav HumarPittsburgh$57K
- Eric HagerPittsburgh$41K
- Derek Serna-GallegosPittsburgh$32K
- Kellie CunninghamPittsburgh$28K
- Schae SaravitzPittsburgh$27K
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.