Michael Kochman, MD
Gastroenterology · Philadelphia, PANPI 1164438883
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $292,573 of the $361,426 with a category attached, or 80.9%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 44.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $186,903 and has fallen 67.9% since, to $60,027 in 2025. Among gastroenterology 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 199 payments — averaging $1816.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$161K
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$86K
- Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated$56K
- Boston Scientific$24K
- Olympus America Inc.$19K
- Pentax Of America, Inc.$6K
- plus $10K from 4 others
Across 12 payments — averaging $3338.14 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.
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$40K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$292,57381%
- Speaking & faculty fees$38,80911%
- Travel & lodging$25,5097%
- Food & beverage$4,5361%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $161,147 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 107 | $85,566 |
| Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated | 13 | $55,653 |
| Boston Scientific | 36 | $24,019 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 16 | $19,021 |
| Pentax Of America, Inc. | 5 | $6,465 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $3,443 |
| Olympus Corporation | 4 | $3,289 |
| Covidien LP | 3 | $2,814 |
| ERBE USA Inc | 1 | $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.
- OCALIVA$161,147
- EVIS EXERA III DUODENOVIDEOSCOPE$20,332
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$16,170
- D.A.S.H.$15,255
- Saeed$14,973
- ECHOTIP INSIGHT$8,193
- Savary Gilliard$5,933
- Cook$4,238
- Symproic$3,443
- FUSION$2,260
- GENERAL ENDOCHOICE$2,125
- EVIS EXERA III BRONCHOVIDEOSCOPE$1,538
- EVIS EXERA lll COLONOVIDEOSCOPE$1,538
- EVIS EXERA III GASTROINTESTINAL VIDEOSCOPE$1,538
- EVIS EXERA II ULTRASOUND GASTROVIDEOSCOPE$1,538
- EVIS EXERA III COLONOVIDEOSCOPE$1,538
- GASTROINTESTINAL VIDEOSCOPE$1,538
- SPYBITE$1,500
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$1,420
- GENERAL - BILIARY DEVICES$659
How this compares
$361,426 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 935 gastroenterology 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 14 | $8,636 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 23 | $1,073 |
| Famotidine | 24 | $350 |
| Omeprazole | 32 | $257 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 16 | $162 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Philadelphia
- Gary LichtensteinPhiladelphia$342K
- Gregory GinsbergPhiladelphia$234K
- Neilanjan NandiPhiladelphia$209K
- David LichtensteinPhiladelphia$192K
- Alexander SchlachtermanPhiladelphia$188K
- Kuchikala ReddyPhiladelphia$182K
- James LewisPhiladelphia$175K
- Beth GardnerPhiladelphia$122K
- Gary FalkPhiladelphia$121K
- Adam EhrlichPhiladelphia$117K
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.