Craig Malk, MD
Anesthesiology · Park Ridge, ILNPI 1407147374
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 93 payments — averaging $46.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Medtronic$320
- Painteq LLC$157
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$150
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$135
- plus $612 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,05824%
- Food & beverage$3,29576%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 20 | $1,648 |
| Abbott | 35 | $1,332 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 13 | $320 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $157 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Stryker | 1 | $74 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $63 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $60 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Curonix LLC | 2 | $41 |
| BD | 1 | $39 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $39 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- SUPERION$1,079
- ETERNA$285
- Axium Sheath Braided DRG$198
- Proclaim IPG$173
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$150
- Evoke SCS$135
- PAINTEQ$130
- RESTORE$127
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$125
How this compares
$4,354 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,980 anesthesiology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fentanyl | 13 | $1,849 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 115 | $1,846 |
| Gabapentin | 131 | $1,458 |
| Lidocaine | 23 | $1,360 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 12 | $1,262 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 28 | $1,170 |
| Pregabalin | 93 | $1,123 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 177 | $744 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 92 | $593 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 12 | $500 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 56 | $449 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 14 | $449 |
| Meloxicam | 43 | $201 |
| Methylprednisolone | 25 | $180 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 15 | $142 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Park Ridge
- Nancy GonzalezPark Ridge$421K
- Angella KoncarevicPark Ridge$15K
- Nishant ShahChicago$2.1M
- Charles HogueChicago$686K
- Magdalena AnitescuChicago$592K
- Tolga SuvarChicago$370K
- Kimberly JohnsonChicago$281K
- Fiaz AhmedArlington Heights$251K
- Dragan GastevskiChicago$240K
- Edward ObrienUrbana$167K
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.