Darren Brenner, MD
Gastroenterology · Chicago, ILNPI 1003997875
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,179 payments — averaging $926.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$487K
- AbbVie$317K
- Ardelyx, Inc.$173K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$35K
- Shire North American Group Inc$22K
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc$18K
- plus $41K from 16 others
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 523 | $487,224 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 397 | $316,643 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 146 | $173,382 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 19 | $34,735 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 21 | $22,098 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 22 | $18,021 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $10,904 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 8 | $9,184 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 8 | $6,585 |
| Dr.reddy's Laboratories,inc. | 2 | $5,051 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $2,439 |
| Blueprint Medicines Corporation | 1 | $2,022 |
| GI Supply, Inc. | 1 | $2,000 |
| Mahana Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $800 |
| Vibrant Gastro, Inc. | 3 | $759 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $389 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $161 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $143 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $105 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $76 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $30 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $22 |
How this compares
$1,092,771 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 787 gastroenterology 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.
Other gastroenterology in Chicago
- David RubinChicago$3.6M
- Stephen HanauerChicago$2.9M
- Parambir DulaiChicago$2.2M
- Ikuo HiranoChicago$1.8M
- Steven FlammChicago$1.6M
- Russell CohenChicago$985K
- Mary RinellaChicago$938K
- Emanuelle BellaguardaChicago$868K
- Saurabh KapurChicago$867K
- Benjamin LevyChicago$759K
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.