John Bulger, MD
Surgery of the Hand · Hinsdale, ILNPI 1447352620
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $367 of the $535 with a category attached, or 68.6%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 30.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $251 and has fallen 90.9% since, to $23 in 2024.
Across 11 payments — averaging $48.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$165
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$129
- Johnson & Johnson$94
- Novartis$69
- Electromed, Inc.$23
- Merck$20
- plus $34 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7414%
- Food & beverage$36769%
- Other$9418%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 2 | $165 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $129 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $94 |
| Novartis | 1 | $69 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Merck | 1 | $20 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
Too few surgery of the hand providers in Illinoisto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 26 | $211 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 36 | $169 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 23 | $84 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 15 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery of the hand in Hinsdale
- Jason KoChicago$58K
- Christopher PelletiereInverness$28K
- Nicholas RauhElmhurst$4K
- Daniel LygrissePeoria$4K
- Robert WaltonChicago$3K
- Patrick StewartEffingham$3K
- Tiffany KadowWarrenville$3K
- Mansour MakhloufDes Plaines$2K
- Michael NeumeisterSpringfield$2K
- Patricia BaltazarNew Lenox$1K
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.