Hedy Kindler
Hematology & Oncology · Chicago, ILNPI 1851453302
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $50,549 of the $53,038 with a category attached, or 95.3%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 50.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $28,479 and has fallen 90.3% since, to $2,766 in 2024.
Across 19 payments — averaging $2791.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$27K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$14K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$6K
- Seagen Inc.$2K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$1K
- Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc.$1K
- plus $2K from 3 others
Across 810 payments — averaging $10,560 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.
- AstraZeneca$4.9M
- Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc.$820K
- Merck$605K
- Novartis$601K
- Bayer$379K
- Roche Products Limited$323K
- plus $923K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$50,54995%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,0004%
- Travel & lodging$1150%
- Food & beverage$3731%
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 | 6 | $26,874 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 3 | $14,230 |
| Sanofi US Services Inc. | 1 | $5,992 |
| Seagen Inc. | 2 | $1,969 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $1,138 |
| Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $1,050 |
| Novocure Inc. | 1 | $960 |
| Amgen | 2 | $711 |
| Merck | 1 | $114 |
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.
- LYNPARZA$27,675
- QINLOCK$1,050
- NovoTTF-100L$960
- KEYTRUDA$114
How this compares
$53,038 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 580 hematology & oncology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Imatinib Mesylate | 25 | $26,565 |
| EliquisApixaban | 34 | $21,283 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 19 | $1,172 |
| Dexamethasone | 19 | $353 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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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.