Top Physician Assistant in Pennsylvania by Industry Payments

This analysis ranks the top physician assistant practitioners in Pennsylvania by total payments received from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, based on CMS Open Payments data. The 20 providers listed here collectively received $2,358,260 over the covered period.

Data source: CMS Open Payments + Medicare Part B Coverage: 2021–2024 Providers analyzed: 20 State: Pennsylvania
$2,358,260
Total Industry Payments
Across all providers in this analysis
20
Providers Analyzed
With at least one payment on record
$66,021
Median Total Payments
Half of providers received more, half received less
Context: Industry payments to physicians are legally required to be disclosed under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. Payments may reflect consulting expertise, research participation, or speaking engagements. This data is provided to support transparency, not to render clinical judgments.

Top Physician Assistant by Total Industry Payments — Pennsylvania

CMS Open Payments
# Provider Total Payments Companies Years Active
1
Erin Crown
State College, PA
$872,652
35 2021–2024
2
Cranberry Twp, PA
$229,889
33 2021–2024
3
Wexford, PA
$200,394
28 2021–2024
4
Justine Roberts
Murrysville, PA
$158,120
5 2021–2024
5
Greensburg, PA
$137,173
33 2021–2024
6
Washington, PA
$108,043
11 2021–2024
7
Jeffrey Cameron
Washington, PA
$85,498
17 2021–2024
8
Erie, PA
$71,604
22 2021–2024
9
Philadelphia, PA
$71,081
31 2021–2024
10
Pittsburgh, PA
$66,021
32 2021–2024
11
Christina Patterson
York, PA
$48,226
32 2018–2024
12
Alvin Kingcade
Philadelphia, PA
$45,637
24 2021–2024
13
Drexel Hill, PA
$45,555
34 2021–2024
14
Kaleigh Fairman
Punxsutawney, PA
$39,315
49 2021–2024
15
Philadelphia, PA
$38,556
12 2021–2024
16
Rachel Pastorek
Cranberry Twp, PA
$31,136
48 2021–2024
17
Allentown, PA
$28,478
21 2021–2024
18
Chalfont, PA
$27,752
44 2021–2024
19
Lewisburg, PA
$27,550
42 2021–2024
20
Carolyn Zawislak
Philadelphia, PA
$25,582
9 2021–2024

State payment context — Physician Assistant in Pennsylvania

CMS Open Payments

Beyond the top recipients listed above, 4,416 physician assistant providers in Pennsylvania have at least one disclosed industry payment, totaling $7,407,521 (2018–2024).

The median physician assistant provider in Pennsylvania received $293 in total payments, versus a national median of $300 for the same specialty.

Payments to this specialty in Pennsylvania peaked in 2024, when $2,346,269 changed hands across 64,170 transactions. ABBVIE INC. has been the largest single payer over the period, and State College leads all Pennsylvania cities in payment volume for this specialty.

Top companies paying Physician Assistant providers in Pennsylvania

Company Total payments Providers paid Transactions
ABBVIE INC. $816,420 1,345 28,106
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $312,127 817 5,663
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $275,845 294 2,786
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $271,315 435 10,209
Lilly USA, LLC $260,331 796 9,087
ITI, Inc. $206,031 117 1,510
Novo Nordisk Inc $195,093 731 11,512
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $193,950 858 6,411

Industry payments to Physician Assistant providers in Pennsylvania by year

Year Total payments Providers paid Transactions
2018 $334 6 38
2019 $1,997 11 51
2020 $798 7 12
2021 $1,209,873 2,225 42,574
2022 $1,685,540 2,494 49,230
2023 $2,162,711 2,905 58,966
2024 $2,346,269 3,079 64,170

Top Pennsylvania cities for Physician Assistant industry payments

City Total payments Providers paid Transactions
State College $929,641 59 4,649
Philadelphia $569,629 445 13,757
Pittsburgh $544,133 484 15,417
Wexford $296,743 51 4,808
Washington $279,542 21 3,854
Cranberry Twp $262,738 4 3,466
Greensburg $208,837 47 3,677
Erie $193,195 154 4,893
Methodology Providers filtered to Pennsylvania-licensed physician assistant practitioners (NPI taxonomy code 363A00000X) with at least one Open Payments record. Payments aggregated across all years and all payment types. Rankings reflect cumulative totals, not annualized figures. Data source: CMS Open Payments, accessed via doctransparency.com database.
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