Christine Hsieh, MD
Rheumatology · Chicago, ILNPI 1851585798
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $729 of the $1,105 with a category attached, or 66.0%. Medtronic accounts for 74.8% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $826 and has fallen 83.2% since, to $139 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for rheumatology clinicians in IL, where the typical reported total is $1,267.
Across 12 payments — averaging $92.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$826
- Novartis$139
- AbbVie$57
- Intuitive Surgical$31
- Bio Products Laboratory USA, Inc.$28
- Amgen$23
Across 10 payments — averaging $1853.50 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.
- GSK$19K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$72966%
- Food & beverage$36433%
- Education$121%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 5 | $826 |
| Novartis | 1 | $139 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $57 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $31 |
| Bio Products Laboratory USA, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Amgen | 2 | $23 |
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.
- INTERSTIM$820
How this compares
$1,105 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 287 rheumatology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 75 | $598,368 |
| PrivigenImmun Glob G(Igg)/Pro/Iga 0-50 | 29 | $371,419 |
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 31 | $281,976 |
| PanzygaImmun Glob G(Igg)-Ifas/Glycine | 21 | $242,121 |
| Cosentyx Sensoready (2 Pens)Secukinumab | 26 | $189,966 |
| Cosentyx Sensoready PenSecukinumab | 14 | $173,442 |
| Orencia ClickjectAbatacept | 15 | $150,470 |
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 24 | $141,054 |
| Humira(Cf)Adalimumab | 13 | $105,092 |
| SimponiGolimumab | 13 | $92,488 |
| Actemra ActpenTocilizumab | 19 | $67,807 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 355 | $14,483 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 230 | $10,389 |
| Adalimumab-Aacf(Cf) Pen (2 Pk)Adalimumab-Aacf | 11 | $9,827 |
| Leflunomide | 71 | $5,743 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRinvoq, Humira(Cf) | $57 | $246,14637 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 45th percentile of 287 rheumatology providers in Illinois.
Other rheumatology in Chicago
- Manish JainChicago$1.9M
- Theodore PincusChicago$524K
- Eric RudermanChicago$440K
- Anisha DuaChicago$280K
- Arthur MandelinChicago$270K
- Robert WoodrickChicago$143K
- Maria SosenkoChicago$87K
- Ailda NikaChicago$74K
- Duncan MooreChicago$71K
- Timothy NiewoldChicago$65K
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.