Mecker Moller, MD
Surgical Oncology · Chicago, ILNPI 1962601492
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $20,659 of the $25,010 with a category attached, or 82.6%. Johnson & Johnson accounts for 81.7% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $12,460, more than ten times the $625 reported in 2019. Among surgical 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 41 payments — averaging $610.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$20K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$686
- Hologic Inc$579
- Covidien LP$575
- Endomagnetics Ltd$151
- plus $188 from 3 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $48,600 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.
- Merck$194K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$20,65983%
- Travel & lodging$2,84911%
- Food & beverage$1,5026%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $20,437 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 14 | $2,395 |
| Medtronic | 12 | $686 |
| Hologic Inc | 2 | $579 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $575 |
| Endomagnetics Ltd | 3 | $151 |
| Endolumik, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $50 |
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
$25,010 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 55 surgical 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.
Other surgical oncology in Chicago
- Fadi DahdalehChicago$198K
- Nora HansenChicago$41K
- Jeffrey WayneChicago$38K
- David BentremChicago$34K
- Shishir MaithelChicago$16K
- Aslam EjazChicago$16K
- Ryan MerkowChicago$16K
- Xavier KeutgenChicago$13K
- Alejandra Perez TamayoChicago$6K
- Juliet LumatiChicago$6K
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.