Chester Whitley, MD
Pediatrics · Minneapolis, MNNPI 1588735005
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 248 payments — averaging $4489.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Eli Lilly$374K
- Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.$227K
- AstraZeneca$138K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$136K
- Sanofi$78K
- Spark Therapeutics, Inc.$44K
- plus $117K from 8 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $409.91 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.
- Spark Therapeutics, Inc.$820
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eli Lilly | 6 | $373,964 |
| Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. | 156 | $227,221 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $137,685 |
| Sanofi US Services Inc. | 39 | $135,600 |
| Sanofi | 11 | $77,690 |
| Spark Therapeutics, Inc. | 10 | $44,355 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 6 | $28,936 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $28,530 |
| PTC Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $23,881 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $22,095 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $6,943 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $4,186 |
| Regeneron | 2 | $1,932 |
| ZOLL Medical Corporation | 1 | $300 |
How this compares
$1,113,317 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 397 pediatrics providers in Minnesota.
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.
Other pediatrics in Minneapolis
- Mark SchleissMinneapolis$1.5M
- Michael RichardsMinneapolis$1.3M
- Kyriakie SarafoglouMinneapolis$1.2M
- Claudia FoxMinneapolis$685K
- Muna SunniMinneapolis$105K
- Gurumurthy Hiremath MallikarjunMinneapolis$58K
- Sarah KizilbashMinneapolis$50K
- Eileen CrespoMinneapolis$48K
- Charlotte HobbsMinneapolis$31K
- Heli BhattMinneapolis$25K
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.