Christopher Ahuja, MD
Neurological Surgery · Winfield, ILNPI 1316625288
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (44.7%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc at 45.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $8,929, 3.4 times the $2,620 reported in 2023.
Across 69 payments — averaging $224.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc$7K
- Stryker$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$2K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$674
- plus $832 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,82538%
- Travel & lodging$6,91645%
- Food & beverage$2,71718%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 9 | $7,027 |
| Stryker | 8 | $1,941 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 15 | $1,871 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 4 | $1,812 |
| Globus Medical | 10 | $1,301 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $674 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $326 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 3 | $283 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $147 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- MagnetOs$6,750
- Other - Miscellaneous$1,787
- Xvision$1,308
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$1,194
- Teligen$957
- XLIF$956
- Velys$583
- UNID_PASS$156
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc$144
- SYMPHONY$103
How this compares
$15,458 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 302 neurological surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $148 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Winfield
- Tyler KoskiChicago$2.3M
- Vincent TraynelisChicago$1.8M
- Sergey NeckryshChicago$1.6M
- Russell NockelsArlington Heights$1.4M
- Bruce FrankelSpringfield$1.3M
- Richard FesslerChicago$910K
- Julian BailesEvanston$666K
- John OtooleChicago$593K
- Patrick SugruePark Ridge$571K
- Melissa MaciasRockford$529K
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.