Lewis Schwartz, MD
Vascular Surgery · Park Ridge, ILNPI 1124322516
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $8,280 of the $12,999 with a category attached, or 63.7%. Medtronic accounts for 65.9% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $10,484 and has fallen 96.8% since, to $331 in 2025.
Across 52 payments — averaging $249.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$9K
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$2K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$836
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$211
- Abbott$175
- Johnson & Johnson$171
- plus $757 from 10 others
Across 34 payments — averaging $2740.29 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.
- M.a. Med Alliance S.A.$93K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,80014%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5995%
- Travel & lodging$8,28064%
- Food & beverage$2,32018%
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 entities) | 21 | $8,570 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 8 | $2,280 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 4 | $836 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $211 |
| Abbott | 1 | $175 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $171 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $120 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $117 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Stryker | 1 | $99 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $92 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $74 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $31 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 1 | $29 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $26 |
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.
- IN.PACT Admiral$7,871
- Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System$2,183
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$421
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$211
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$211
- Diamondback Peripheral$175
- Azur CX Detachable$120
- PluroGel Burn & Wound Dressings$117
- Hyalomatrix Wound Device$117
- Endurant$114
- LIFESTREAM$103
- Penumbra System$102
How this compares
$12,999 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 170 vascular surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 69 | $824 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 22 | $426 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 13 | $208 |
| Gabapentin | 16 | $168 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 17 | $98 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Park Ridge
- Atif BaqaiPark Ridge$567K
- Chad JacobsPark Ridge$11K
- Biraaj MahajanPark Ridge$8K
- Ross MilnerChicago$1.3M
- Sapan DesaiArlington Heights$1.2M
- Nabeel RanaPeoria$934K
- Trissa BabrowskiChicago$292K
- Tejas ShahDowners Grove$213K
- Carlos BecharaMaywood$199K
- Dhiren PatelSpringfield$121K
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.