Seth Newman, MD
Surgery · Abington, PANPI 1295727683
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (57.2%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 58.3% of the total. 2024 is the largest year on record at $11,158, more than ten times the $55 reported in 2019.
Across 28 payments — averaging $412.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$7K
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Smith+Nephew$266
- Johnson & Johnson$79
- Baxter Healthcare$38
- Davol Inc.$26
- plus $11 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,60057%
- Food & beverage$9428%
- Education$4,00035%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 8 | $6,726 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 9 | $4,396 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $266 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $79 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $38 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $11 |
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.
- ProGrip$6,600
- Da Vinci Surgical System$4,150
- GRAFIX PL$142
- STRAVIX PL$142
- Oasis$142
How this compares
$11,542 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 Abington
- Sean MarattoAbington$28K
- Andy KiserPittsburgh$1M
- Glenn SteeleDanville$698K
- Maher El ChaarAllentown$667K
- George EidPittsburgh$619K
- Paul CesanekAllentown$469K
- Clark GerhartPlains$317K
- Irina YermilovPlymouth Meeting$315K
- Eric PauliHershey$202K
- Ariel AballayPittsburgh$198K
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.