RxDoctor Payments Data

Norman Wolmark

Surgical Oncology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1528060357

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.5%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG accounts for 98.1% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $3,960 and has fallen 98.0% since, to $77 in 2023.

$6,770in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 12 payments — averaging $564.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$7K
  • Genentech USA, Inc.$112
  • Roche Products Limited$18
$119,908,589in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 129 payments — averaging $929,524 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.

  • Genentech, Inc.$114.7M
  • Pfizer$3.2M
  • Merck$1.1M
  • AstraZeneca$884K
  • F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$13K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$3,96058%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$2,68040%
  • Food & beverage$1302%

General payments by program year

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23

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.

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.

How this compares

$6,770 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 78 surgical oncology providers in Pennsylvania.

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