Maxim Polansky, MD
MOHS-Micrographic Surgery · Chicago, ILNPI 1275913006
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.3% of the total across 157 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,550, more than ten times the $123 reported in 2020.
Across 157 payments — averaging $23.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$702
- Johnson & Johnson$329
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$318
- Novartis$317
- Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.$254
- Sanofi$248
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,57897%
- Education$1003%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 30 | $702 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $329 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 9 | $318 |
| Novartis | 14 | $317 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 21 | $254 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $248 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 18 | $233 |
| Incyte Corporation | 5 | $213 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 8 | $191 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $183 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 5 | $126 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $97 |
| Amgen | 3 | $65 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $64 |
| Organon | 4 | $52 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $42 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $33 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $25 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| LNHC, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 1 | $14 |
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
$3,678 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 40 mohs-micrographic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 18 | $68,713 |
| Fluorouracil | 76 | $5,525 |
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 102 | $3,546 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 50 | $3,144 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 720 | $2,508 |
| Cephalexin | 625 | $1,748 |
| Mupirocin | 205 | $1,275 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 109 | $1,238 |
| Ketoconazole | 67 | $928 |
| Hydrocortisone | 83 | $514 |
| Nystatin | 20 | $344 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 17 | $193 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 24 | $187 |
| Levofloxacin | 18 | $63 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 12 | $40 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other mohs-micrographic surgery in Chicago
- Todd JohnsonChicago$10K
- Simon YooChicago$10K
- Daniel SchlessingerChicago$8K
- Aleksandar KrunicChicago$8K
- Ross PearlmanChicago$8K
- Sarah WilsonChicago$8K
- Nour El-KashlanChicago$3K
- Neda AshourianChicago$2K
- Jean Christophe LapiereChicago$1K
- Murad AlamChicago$1K
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.