Gary Steinberg, MD
Urology · Chicago, ILNPI 1558585307
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $481,874 of the $529,494 with a category attached, or 91.0%. It is spread thinly across 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.9%. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $176,876 and has fallen 77.7% since, to $39,413 in 2025. Among urology 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 263 payments — averaging $2013.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$116K
- Pfizer$88K
- Urogen Pharma, Inc.$76K
- Photocure Inc$52K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$41K
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$35K
- plus $121K from 22 others
Across 118 payments — averaging $7587.06 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.
- Pfizer$533K
- Seagen Inc.$181K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$84K
- KARL Storz Endoscopy-america$78K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$19K
- Merck$230
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$481,87491%
- Speaking & faculty fees$35,5457%
- Travel & lodging$4,7741%
- Food & beverage$7,3011%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 43 | $115,775 |
| Pfizer(2 entities) | 38 | $87,882 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 29 | $76,383 |
| Photocure Inc | 36 | $52,474 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 12 | $40,654 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 21 | $35,309 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 15 | $16,690 |
| Janssen Global Services, LLC | 16 | $15,561 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 4 | $13,511 |
| Nonagen Bioscience Corp | 2 | $11,594 |
| Seagen Inc. | 7 | $10,893 |
| Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $7,962 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $7,901 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $6,651 |
| F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG | 2 | $5,515 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $4,271 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 2 | $4,250 |
| Regeneron | 1 | $3,450 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals AS | 1 | $2,800 |
| Astellas Pharma Global Development | 3 | $2,770 |
| Immunitybio, Inc. | 1 | $2,400 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 2 | $1,938 |
| Ipsen Bioscience Inc. | 1 | $1,000 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $758 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $750 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $158 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $136 |
| Coloplast | 3 | $60 |
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
$529,494 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 550 urology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 16 | $173 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other urology in Chicago
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- Brian HelfandChicago$517K
- Ashley RossChicago$404K
- Amy KrambeckChicago$356K
- Kevin ZornChicago$274K
- Joshua MeeksChicago$248K
- Edward SchaefferChicago$209K
- Paul YonoverChicago$179K
- Omer RaheemChicago$148K
- Piyush AgarwalChicago$146K
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.