Karan Shah, MD
Radiation Oncology · Zion, ILNPI 1477865582
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (36.3%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 38 manufacturers reported payments, led by Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. at 41.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,640 and has fallen 94.2% since, to $211 in 2025. Among radiation oncology clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 144 payments — averaging $97.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$6K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$2K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$2K
- AstraZeneca$723
- GE HealthCare$664
- Novartis$379
- plus $2K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5254%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,84427%
- Travel & lodging$5,08636%
- Food & beverage$3,31824%
- Education$1,2459%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 18 | $5,853 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 6 | $2,291 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 6 | $1,904 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $723 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $664 |
| Novartis | 20 | $379 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $314 |
| Bayer | 11 | $229 |
| Merck | 9 | $210 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $142 |
| Springworks Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $127 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $124 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $122 |
| Reflexion Medical, Inc. | 2 | $85 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $76 |
| Palette Life Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Telix Pharmaceuticals | 3 | $64 |
| Elekta, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $60 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Accuray Incorporated | 2 | $33 |
| Taiho Oncology, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $30 |
| Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| GSK | 1 | $27 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Blueprint Medicines Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Cardinal Health 414 LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $11 |
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
$14,018 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 242 radiation 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sucralfate | 11 | $742 |
| Dexamethasone | 23 | $287 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other radiation oncology in Zion
- Meng GanZion$1K
- Ramji RajendranElk Grove Village$207K
- Brian BaumannSpringfield$204K
- Tamer RefaatFreeport$151K
- Parthiv MehtaGlenview$149K
- Sean PitrodaChicago$103K
- Aditya JulooriChicago$73K
- Steven ChmuraChicago$59K
- Marc PosnerLake Forest$55K
- William SmallChicago$54K
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.