Lewis Shi, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Chicago, ILNPI 1497826853
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $143,148 of the $220,473 with a category attached, or 64.9%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Restor3d, Inc. at 39.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $67,861 and has fallen 71.4% since, to $19,391 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery 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 184 payments — averaging $1198.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Restor3d, Inc.$87K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$80K
- Arthrex$47K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$2K
- Medwest Associates$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$546
- plus $2K from 9 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $167,630 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Restor3d, Inc.$168K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$1,9961%
- Consulting fees$143,14865%
- Speaking & faculty fees$39,20018%
- Travel & lodging$16,1807%
- Food & beverage$8,3264%
- Education$1,6221%
- Ownership interest$10,0005%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Restor3d, Inc. | 45 | $86,852 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 64 | $79,717 |
| Arthrex | 46 | $46,992 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 2 | $2,190 |
| Medwest Associates | 5 | $2,142 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $546 |
| Stryker | 5 | $530 |
| Tigon Medical LLC | 2 | $470 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 4 | $405 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $235 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $128 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $75 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $56 |
| Vertex | 1 | $38 |
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.
- VAPR$76,141
- FMS Duo$46,008
- Gryphon Orthocord$46,008
- HEALIX KNOTLESS PEEK$46,008
- GRYPHON$31,906
- VISUALIZATION$31,304
- HEALIX$31,304
- FMS$1,170
- INHANCE$728
- EQUINOXE$182
- INSPACE$172
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$159
- ROSA$150
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$149
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$133
- DJO SURGICAL$128
- REUNION$104
- TWINFIX$102
- AETOS Shoulder System$102
How this compares
$220,473 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 844 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 27 | $1,097 |
| Naproxen | 70 | $495 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 31 | $448 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 31 | $377 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $285 |
| Ibuprofen | 24 | $235 |
| Methylprednisolone | 25 | $159 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 26 | $146 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 30 | $103 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Chicago
- Aaron RosenbergChicago$12.4M
- Anish KadakiaChicago$2.1M
- Wellington HsuChicago$1.7M
- Ken YamaguchiChicago$1.7M
- Guido MarraChicago$1.2M
- Hue LuuChicago$1.1M
- Alpesh PatelChicago$917K
- Samuel StulbergChicago$852K
- Richard BergerChicago$618K
- Ari KazChicago$343K
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.