Stephen Schuster, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Philadelphia, PANPI 1033147566
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $168,456 of the $218,110 with a category attached, or 77.2%. It is spread thinly across 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.2%. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $49,982 and has fallen 54.6% since, to $22,705 in 2025. Among hematology & oncology 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 202 payments — averaging $1079.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$35K
- AstraZeneca$30K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$27K
- AbbVie$26K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$18K
- Incyte Corporation$11K
- plus $70K from 20 others
Across 285 payments — averaging $32,514 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.$2.9M
- Bristol Myers Squibb$2.4M
- Novartis$1.8M
- Acerta Pharma LLC$1.1M
- Merck$583K
- AstraZeneca$82K
- plus $420K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$168,45677%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,4393%
- Travel & lodging$34,54716%
- Food & beverage$7,6694%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 55 | $35,277 |
| AstraZeneca | 20 | $30,141 |
| F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG | 15 | $27,412 |
| AbbVie | 16 | $26,263 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 17 | $18,434 |
| Incyte Corporation | 3 | $10,815 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 7 | $8,910 |
| Beigene USA, Inc. | 5 | $7,636 |
| Novartis Pharma AG | 4 | $5,970 |
| Genmab U.S., Inc. | 14 | $5,484 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $5,060 |
| Eli Lilly | 4 | $4,947 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $4,577 |
| Morphosys, US Inc. | 1 | $4,500 |
| Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | 3 | $3,449 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $3,343 |
| Gilead | 5 | $3,305 |
| Legend Biotech USA Inc. | 1 | $3,273 |
| Janssen Global Services, LLC | 2 | $2,068 |
| Beigene, Ltd. | 1 | $1,950 |
| ADC Therapeutics America, Inc. | 13 | $1,732 |
| Regeneron | 1 | $1,638 |
| Biontech SE | 1 | $1,088 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 7 | $535 |
| Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie Company | 2 | $160 |
| Beone Medicines USA, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
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
$218,110 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 682 hematology & oncology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| JaypircaPirtobrutinib | 19 | $402,160 |
| CalquenceAcalabrutinib Maleate | 14 | $204,111 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 18 | $712 |
| Prednisone | 21 | $216 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaCalquence | $30,141 | $204,11114 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 682 hematology & oncology providers in Pennsylvania.
Other hematology & oncology in Philadelphia
- Henry FungPhiladelphia$730K
- Charu AggarwalPhiladelphia$541K
- Corey LangerPhiladelphia$492K
- Ankur ParikhPhiladelphia$329K
- Catherine LaiPhiladelphia$281K
- Keith PratzPhiladelphia$173K
- David PorterPhiladelphia$140K
- Adam BinderPhiladelphia$136K
- Marcela MausPhiladelphia$111K
- Pierluigi PorcuPhiladelphia$106K
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.