Jorge Romo, MD
Anesthesiology · Oak Lawn, ILNPI 1689179301
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (53.1%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 36.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $7,139 and has fallen 89.9% since, to $724 in 2025. Among anesthesiology 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 109 payments — averaging $120.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$5K
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$778
- Stryker$744
- plus $1K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,31910%
- Travel & lodging$4,83237%
- Food & beverage$6,97753%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 32 | $4,833 |
| Nevro Corp. | 11 | $2,134 |
| Boston Scientific | 21 | $1,966 |
| Medtronic | 21 | $1,524 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 5 | $778 |
| Stryker | 5 | $744 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 4 | $494 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 7 | $303 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $229 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
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.
- PROCLAIM$4,019
- Omnia$1,319
- mild Device Kit$862
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$647
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$630
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$576
- Evoke SCS$558
- Prospera$425
- Senza$355
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$281
- Evoke$190
- ELEVATE SPINAL SYSTEM$173
- SYNCHROMEDII$164
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$162
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$122
- ETERNA$119
How this compares
$13,128 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,980 anesthesiology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 129 | $2,012 |
| Gabapentin | 172 | $1,638 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 64 | $1,092 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 32 | $300 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 28 | $216 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 23 | $208 |
| Meloxicam | 42 | $124 |
| Celecoxib | 16 | $107 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 23 | $66 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Oak Lawn
- Mehr AftabOak Lawn$13K
- Nishant ShahChicago$2.1M
- Tolga SuvarChicago$303K
- Fiaz AhmedArlington Heights$251K
- Dragan GastevskiChicago$240K
- Edward ObrienUrbana$167K
- Glenn MurphyEvanston$129K
- Randall OstroffBerwyn$103K
- Jeffery VenderEvanston$103K
- Rushad MarfatiaChicago$67K
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.