Aaron King
Pediatrics · Chicago, ILNPI 1528001187
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,794 of the $2,405 with a category attached, or 74.6%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biomerieux Inc at 25.4% of the total. Among pediatrics clinicians in IL 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 81 payments — averaging $29.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biomerieux Inc$611
- Pfizer$546
- Merck$263
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$174
- Novo Nordisk$174
- Kaleo, Inc.$109
- plus $528 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$61125%
- Food & beverage$1,79475%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biomerieux Inc | 1 | $611 |
| Pfizer | 24 | $546 |
| Merck | 13 | $263 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 8 | $174 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $174 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 6 | $109 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 6 | $95 |
| Sobi, Inc | 3 | $71 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $68 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 2 | $45 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 2 | $41 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $32 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
How this compares
$2,405 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,058 pediatrics providers in Illinois.
Other pediatrics in Chicago
- Amy PallerChicago$1.2M
- Jan BergerChicago$886K
- Anita Chandra PuriChicago$367K
- Mindy SimpsonChicago$318K
- Anthony ManciniChicago$187K
- Patricia ChiamasChicago$155K
- Ruchi GuptaChicago$94K
- Emily SimmonsChicago$32K
- Theresa MottesChicago$25K
- Linda LauxChicago$22K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.