Akash Patel, DO
Anesthesiology · Evanston, ILNPI 1336639061
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (57.3%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 39.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $7,021 and has fallen 83.3% since, to $1,170 in 2025. Among anesthesiology 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 109 payments — averaging $106.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$5K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Medtronic$417
- Atricure, Inc.$409
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$300
- plus $2K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,31911%
- Grants$530%
- Travel & lodging$3,60731%
- Food & beverage$6,68257%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 47 | $4,650 |
| Boston Scientific | 20 | $2,433 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $1,503 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $417 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 5 | $409 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $300 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $281 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 7 | $276 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $267 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $227 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 3 | $217 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $157 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $130 |
| Vertex | 1 | $124 |
| Amgen | 1 | $112 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $26 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- PROCLAIM$3,796
- Omnia$1,319
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$765
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$732
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$710
- mild Device Kit$281
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$280
- SPRINT PNS System$278
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$267
- ETERNA$259
- PAINTEQ$227
- SYNCHROMEDII$171
- Prospera$162
- INCEPTIV$162
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$130
- XEOMIN$125
- Senza$125
- JOURNAVX$124
- UPLIZNA$112
How this compares
$11,661 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,980 anesthesiology providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 58 | $444 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 15 | $117 |
| Meloxicam | 22 | $90 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Evanston
- Glenn MurphyEvanston$129K
- Jeffery VenderEvanston$103K
- Kenneth NaylorEvanston$20K
- Ayah ZegarEvanston$7K
- Nishant ShahChicago$2.1M
- Tolga SuvarChicago$303K
- Fiaz AhmedArlington Heights$251K
- Dragan GastevskiChicago$240K
- Edward ObrienUrbana$167K
- Randall OstroffBerwyn$103K
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.