Anthony Stephens
Neurology · Crest Hill, ILNPI 1831184431
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,998 of the $3,996 with a category attached, or 75.0%. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Livanova USA, Inc. at 32.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,549 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $13 in 2021.
Across 200 payments — averaging $19.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Livanova USA, Inc.$1K
- AstraZeneca$391
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$303
- UCB, Inc.$298
- Novartis$236
- Biogen$205
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$97324%
- Food & beverage$2,99875%
- Education$241%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 7 | $1,280 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $391 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 39 | $303 |
| UCB, Inc. | 20 | $298 |
| Novartis | 14 | $236 |
| Biogen | 23 | $205 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 20 | $196 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 10 | $168 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 7 | $142 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 6 | $106 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $86 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 6 | $84 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $73 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 4 | $65 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| CSL Behring | 4 | $48 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $48 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 2 | $42 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Amgen | 1 | $21 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $17 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $16 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Bayer | 1 | $13 |
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.
- VNS Therapy$1,195
- SOLIRIS$233
How this compares
$3,996 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 790 neurology providers in Illinois.
Other neurology in Crest Hill
- Augusto MiravalleChicago$1.4M
- Lori GuytonHerrin$1.1M
- Daniel WynnNorthbrook$812K
- Arthur ItkinPalos Heights$808K
- Andrew GordonLake Barrington$765K
- Martha McGrawWinfield$625K
- Reuben ValenzuelaPeoria$590K
- Adil JavedChicago$584K
- Tyler KaplanMaywood$549K
- Danny BegaChicago$442K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.