Dino Vallera
Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology · Hinsdale, ILNPI 1821099599
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $1,800 of the $1,897 with a category attached, or 94.9%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, AstraZeneca. Among anatomic pathology & clinical pathology clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 5 payments — averaging $379.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$2K
Across 277 payments — averaging $16,037 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.
- Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.$4.4M
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,80095%
- Food & beverage$975%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $1,897 |
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.
How this compares
$1,897 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 331 anatomic pathology & clinical pathology providers in Illinois.
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Other anatomic pathology & clinical pathology in Hinsdale
- Mary SchneckHinsdale$2K
- Raphael BorokHinsdale$634
- Anthony ChangBurr Ridge$531K
- Frank PikulBelleville$498K
- Ivana GolubovichMcHenry$421K
- Jeffrey MuellerChicago$71K
- Unknown Amandeep KaurEvanston$66K
- Lindsay AlpertChicago$57K
- Melanie FoxEvanston$38K
- Daniel ArberChicago$37K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.