Milap Patel, DO
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Chicago, ILNPI 1417224098
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.2%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 51.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $19,699, 3.8 times the $5,120 reported in 2019. Among foot and ankle 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 120 payments — averaging $431.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$27K
- Arthrex$9K
- Acumed LLC$8K
- Medwest Associates$4K
- Stryker$2K
- Trimed, Inc.$1K
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$24,96448%
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,10823%
- Travel & lodging$4,93210%
- Food & beverage$5,57111%
- Education$4,2248%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 21 | $26,799 |
| Arthrex | 18 | $9,149 |
| Acumed LLC | 17 | $7,520 |
| Medwest Associates | 9 | $3,942 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 30 | $1,818 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 2 | $1,437 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 4 | $286 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 2 | $239 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 11 | $220 |
| Novastep Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 1 | $123 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Merck | 1 | $24 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Evolution Surgical, Inc | 1 | $12 |
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.
- ACUMED$23,532
- Q-FIX$18,113
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$10,496
- FOOTPRINT$7,651
- Panta 2$4,870
- NA$4,594
- CAP-FIX$1,308
- Fibula Rod System$1,228
- Ankle Plating System$1,228
- Forefoot/Midfoot Plating System$710
- Calcaneal Plating System$518
- INFINITY$504
- Acu-Loc/Acu-Loc 2 Wrist Plating System$459
- Elbow Plates$459
- AXSOS$285
- Lapiplasty System$239
- ALLOGRAFT BIO-IMPLANTS$171
- INBONE$151
- FIXOS$148
- PECA Bunion Correction System$146
How this compares
$51,799 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 555 foot and ankle 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.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Chicago
- Edgardo Rodriguez CollazoChicago$755K
- Stephanie OexemanChicago$206K
- Jeffrey AlexanderChicago$158K
- Matthew GaroufalisChicago$151K
- George HolmesChicago$134K
- Theodore PolizosChicago$47K
- Simon LeeChicago$34K
- Wonyong LeeChicago$23K
- Kamran HamidChicago$19K
- Souleymane DialloChicago$19K
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.