Hikmat Al-Ahmadie, MD
Pathology · Chicago, ILNPI 1982730602
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $40,583 of the $47,205 with a category attached, or 86.0%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Astrazeneca UK Limited at 28.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $22,627 and has fallen 64.0% since, to $8,145 in 2025. Among pathology 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 55 payments — averaging $858.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$13K
- AstraZeneca$11K
- Pfizer$6K
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$5K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$4K
- Janssen Global Services, LLC$3K
- plus $4K from 4 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $386.55 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$387
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$40,58386%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,0004%
- Travel & lodging$3,5598%
- Food & beverage$1,0642%
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 UK Limited | 10 | $13,415 |
| AstraZeneca | 14 | $11,193 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $6,212 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 9 | $5,332 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 9 | $4,302 |
| Janssen Global Services, LLC | 1 | $2,600 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $1,988 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 3 | $1,530 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 1 | $575 |
| Astellas Pharma Global Development | 1 | $58 |
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
$47,205 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 205 pathology 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.
Other pathology in Chicago
- Michael PinsChicago$186K
- Michael SweteChicago$97
- Christine SalibayChicago$83
- Hamza TariqChicago$0
- Peter PytelChicago$0
- Jennifer RytychChicago$0
- Robert CabayChicago$0
- Pincas BittermanChicago$0
- Clarence ChanChicago$0
- Michael MoravekChicago$0
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.