RxDoctor Payments Data

Gregory Kaczmarek, MD

Internal Medicine · Skokie, ILNPI 1629032958

Payments from drug & device makers

$19,866in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,122 payments — averaging $17.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novo Nordisk$3K
  • Pfizer$2K
  • AbbVie$2K
  • AstraZeneca$2K
  • Amgen$1K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$1K
  • plus $8K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$19,73499%
  • Education$1321%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Novo Nordisk184$2,792
Pfizer124$2,224
AbbVie(2 entities)134$2,213
AstraZeneca119$2,064
Amgen67$1,336
Lilly USA, LLC55$1,054
Johnson & Johnson(3 entities)38$782
Merck38$625
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC36$576
GSK28$496
Boehringer Ingelheim23$492
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.16$301
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.19$268
Astellas Pharma US Inc9$250
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.12$240
Mylan Specialty L.p.9$209
Novartis11$199
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.11$196
Bayer9$193
Gilead9$192
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.9$172
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.10$165
Seqirus USA Inc9$157
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA10$149
IBSA Pharma Inc.8$142
Vivus LLC8$123
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.5$122
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.5$113
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.4$110
Abbott4$107
Almatica Pharma LLC7$103
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.5$102
Exact Sciences5$100
Genentech USA, Inc.5$94
Bausch Health US, LLC4$86
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.4$84
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.3$79
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.4$78
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$77
Clarus Therapeutics Inc.3$65
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC4$64
Corium, LLC3$60
VBI Vaccine (delaware) Inc.4$59
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$54
Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC4$49
Adlon Therapeutics L.p.3$45
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc3$44
Edwards Lifesciences1$42
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc3$40
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC3$38
Boston Scientific2$38
Eisai Inc.2$36
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.2$35
Lundbeck LLC1$34
Corcept Therapeutics1$31
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$27
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.2$24
Smith+Nephew1$23
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.1$22
Spinal Simplicity, LLC1$22

How this compares

$19,866 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,182 internal medicine providers in Illinois.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$159,149
Medicare patients
421
Services billed
2,192

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EliquisApixaban98$53,582
OzempicSemaglutide43$52,460
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol50$38,645
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter15$27,624
MyrbetriqMirabegron16$9,210
SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium59$6,155
BrilintaTicagrelor11$4,806
Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol12$4,662
Atorvastatin Calcium331$4,117
Tamsulosin Hcl116$3,048
Duloxetine Hcl101$2,188
Montelukast Sodium127$2,122
Levothyroxine Sodium158$1,875
Escitalopram Oxalate114$1,851
Pravastatin Sodium83$1,825

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
PfizerEliquis$2,224$53,58298 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$2,792$52,46043 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta$2,064$43,45061 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta$496$32,28627 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$250$9,21016 claims
AbbVieSynthroid$2,213$6,15559 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 5,182 internal medicine providers in Illinois.

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