Felipe Gracias, MD
Surgical Critical Care · Tinley Park, ILNPI 1841289709
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (50.7%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Covidien LP at 51.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $11,039 and has fallen 81.3% since, to $2,061 in 2025. Among surgical critical care clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 63 payments — averaging $366.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Covidien LP$12K
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- Davol Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$901
- Endologix LLC$270
- Baxter Healthcare$121
- plus $225 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,0805%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,70051%
- Travel & lodging$3,06013%
- Food & beverage$3,18214%
- Education$4,03718%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Covidien LP | 13 | $11,835 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 18 | $6,695 |
| Davol Inc. | 20 | $3,011 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $901 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $270 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $121 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $120 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $44 |
| Leica Microsystems Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $22 |
| THD America, Inc. | 1 | $4 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$6,270
- Phasix Mesh$1,150
- EEA$1,080
- Ovation iX Iliac Stent Graft$270
- PHASIX$260
- ProGrip$178
- Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System$120
- PerClot$110
How this compares
$23,059 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 63 surgical critical care 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 | 12 | $87 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical critical care in Tinley Park
- Hadi ShaabanMcHenry$44K
- Alexander SauperChicago$41K
- Thomas CartolanoOak Lawn$34K
- Abigail TarboxChicago$14K
- Khafra Garcia HenryChicago$13K
- Nikhil PatelPark Ridge$12K
- John KubasiakMaywood$11K
- Andrea RomanoChicago$7K
- Brandt WhitehurstSpringfield$6K
- Kenneth WilsonChicago$5K
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.