Bela Pandit
Podiatrist · Evergreen Park, ILNPI 1649463282
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $9,431 of the $15,182 with a category attached, or 62.1%. It is spread thinly across 31 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.2%. Among podiatrist 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 203 payments — averaging $74.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$4K
- Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$3K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$2K
- Arthrex$1K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$866
- Linvatec Corporation$771
- plus $4K from 25 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $21,192 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Bausch Health US, LLC$148K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,55017%
- Travel & lodging$3,09420%
- Food & beverage$9,43162%
- Education$971%
- Entertainment$100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker(2 entities) | 42 | $3,525 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 17 | $3,082 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 8 | $1,580 |
| Arthrex | 7 | $1,010 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 9 | $866 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 4 | $771 |
| Smith+Nephew | 27 | $648 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 8 | $590 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $453 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 3 | $397 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 6 | $355 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 6 | $322 |
| Sandoz | 28 | $295 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 6 | $239 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $194 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $140 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $137 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Abbott | 1 | $93 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $87 |
| Osteomed LLC | 2 | $48 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $21 |
| Surgenex LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $10 |
| Glenmark Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $3 |
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.
- JUBLIA$2,666
- Product Portfolio$1,267
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$813
- Lapiplasty System$748
- Physio-Stim$512
- Restrata Wound Matrix$486
- COLINK VALLUX$349
- INFINITY$324
- COLINK 2$289
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$224
- SALVATION$179
- CITREFIX$175
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$174
- Viaflow$170
- ALLOGRAFT BIO-IMPLANTS$163
- T2$151
- KRYSTEXXA$150
- SWANSON$149
- Lapidus Plate$148
- PURAPLY WOUND MATRIX$146
How this compares
$15,182 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 409 podiatrist 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ketoconazole | 30 | $634 |
| Ciclopirox | 22 | $594 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Evergreen Park
- David YeagerMorrison$345K
- Paul KirchnerNew Lenox$143K
- William BushRockford$141K
- Daniel BrownHarrisburg$136K
- Syed HusainArlington Heights$82K
- Timothy GrahamTaylorville$70K
- Paul PotachWheeling$45K
- Steven JasonowiczBarrington$34K
- Jaclyn SchumannJoliet$29K
- Zehra HyderiAlgonquin$27K
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.