Carla Romero, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Hinsdale, ILNPI 1548392368
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 68 payments — averaging $55.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$996
- Abbott$640
- Novo Nordisk$326
- Dexcom, Inc.$238
- AstraZeneca$189
- Insulet Corporation$176
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,64497%
- Education$1123%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 11 | $996 |
| Abbott | 13 | $640 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $326 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $238 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $189 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $176 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $160 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 5 | $145 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $143 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $125 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $118 |
| Novartis | 4 | $89 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 1 | $86 |
| Merck | 4 | $60 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $36 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Ascensia Diabetes Care US Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Althera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Cequr Corporation | 1 | $19 |
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.
- EVENITY$504
- iLet Bionic Pancreas$441
- Prolia$362
- FreeStyle Libre Pro$250
- Omnipod$176
- Watchman$125
- FARXIGA$125
- NEXLIZET$125
- NEXLETOL$125
- Wegovy$125
- DEXCOM G7 GSS (161)$125
- JARDIANCE$125
- Tymlos$121
- Saxenda$120
- REZDIFFRA$118
- DEXCOM G6 TRANSMITTER$113
- FREESTYLE LIBRE 3$108
How this compares
$3,757 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 347 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Illinois.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 173 | $270,085 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 67 | $70,573 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 46 | $63,753 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 37 | $51,144 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 36 | $25,476 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 17 | $14,789 |
| Teriparatide | 11 | $14,039 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 41 | $13,559 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 55 | $10,714 |
| Nano 2nd Gen Pen NeedlePen Needle, Diabetic | 48 | $7,056 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 11 | $5,832 |
| Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart | 17 | $3,806 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 84 | $2,123 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 23 | $1,804 |
| Metformin Hcl ErMetformin Hcl | 72 | $689 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $326 | $270,085173 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $24 | $114,89783 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $160 | $70,57367 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $60 | $14,78917 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 70th percentile of 347 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Illinois.
Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Hinsdale
- Arati ReddyHinsdale$66K
- Liana BillingsSkokie$3.4M
- Leon FogelfeldChicago$1.5M
- Grazia AleppoChicago$1.4M
- Wahid KassarChicago$884K
- Anthony PickLake Forest$665K
- Hiralal MaheshwariMcHenry$642K
- Wenyu HuangChicago$639K
- Babak PazookiJoliet$582K
- Silvana PannainChicago$575K
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.