Lynn Hickman
Acute Care · Arlington Heights, ILNPI 1912372327
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $39,083 of the $61,084 with a category attached, or 64.0%. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 95.1% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $20,482, 2.8 times the $7,195 reported in 2021. Among acute care 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 245 payments — averaging $249.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$58K
- Abbott$2K
- Boston Scientific$778
- Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.$16
- Bayer$13
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$39,08364%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,8135%
- Travel & lodging$9,31315%
- Food & beverage$9,87516%
- Education$10%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 199 | $58,084 |
| Abbott | 19 | $2,194 |
| Boston Scientific | 25 | $778 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Bayer | 1 | $13 |
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
$61,084 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 461 acute care 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 14 | $380 |
| Amoxicillin | 27 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other acute care in Arlington Heights
- Dena PelletreauArlington Heights$9K
- Tedra GrayChicago$78K
- Gwen CassidyChicago$46K
- Laura CoyleOak Lawn$34K
- Erin DarguzasChicago$17K
- Amy BatesQuincy$14K
- Sarah MiyataChicago$11K
- Katie MeadorChicago$10K
- Pamela KontosHazel Crest$9K
- Sara EdwardsMaywood$9K
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.