Immunopathology: industry payments
Drug and device makers reported $19,714 in payments to providers registered in this specialty across Open Payments program years 2019–2025.
- Providers
- 13
- Received a payment
- 13 (100.0%)
- Total reported
- $20K
- Average, those paid
- $1,516
The average is computed only over providers who received something, because including the 0 who received nothing would produce a number that describes neither group. Totals are dominated by a small number of large royalty and consulting arrangements; the typical payment in this specialty is far smaller than the average implies.
What Medicare pays immunopathology clinicians
Across 6 immunopathology clinicians who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $1,307,235 in total — an average of $217,873 each, of which $217,873 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.
This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.
By state
| State | Providers | Total reported | Per provider |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 1 | $10,044 | $10,044 |
| California | 4 | $9,299 | $2,325 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | $168 | $168 |
| Michigan | 2 | $107 | $53 |
| Texas | 1 | $35 | $35 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | $20 | $20 |
| Iowa | 1 | $16 | $16 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | $13 | $13 |
| New York | 1 | $13 | $13 |