Neal Mehta
Gastroenterology · Chicago, ILNPI 1336534726
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (40.4%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Boston Scientific accounts for 61.3% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among gastroenterology 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 105 payments — averaging $589.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$38K
- Conmed Corporation$7K
- Amgen$4K
- Olympus Medical Systems Corporation$3K
- Cook Incorporated$3K
- Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc.$3K
- plus $4K from 10 others
Across 11 payments — averaging $2103.82 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.
- Medtronic$23K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,11624%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,96824%
- Grants$25,00040%
- Travel & lodging$2,6564%
- Food & beverage$4,1587%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 32 | $37,968 |
| Conmed Corporation | 20 | $6,583 |
| Amgen | 5 | $4,077 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corporation | 5 | $3,336 |
| Cook Incorporated | 1 | $3,255 |
| Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc. | 1 | $3,000 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 20 | $850 |
| Ovesco Endoscopy USA, Inc. | 1 | $767 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $675 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 8 | $577 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 4 | $345 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $124 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $124 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $120 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $86 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 2 | $9 |
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.
- GENERAL - BILIARY DEVICES$25,000
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$7,567
- CONMED GASTROSTOMY$5,889
- UPLIZNA$3,920
- Hemospray$3,541
- Single Use Repositionable Clip$1,100
- NEXPOWDER$675
- Single Use Electrosurgical Knife KD-655$627
- Single Use Electrosurgical Hemostatic Forceps$452
- CONMED GENERATORS$249
- CONMED BILIARY$249
- EXALT Model D$175
- ECHOTIP INSIGHT$150
- Endocuff Vision$149
- DISPOSABLE TRIPLE LUMEN SPHINCTEROTOME$149
- ORISE$126
- ESOPHYX$124
- EndoMAXX Stent and Delivery System$124
- PEMAZYRE$120
- AGILE ESOPHAGEAL$120
How this compares
$61,897 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 787 gastroenterology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 33 | $2,302 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 47 | $819 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 15 | $223 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Chicago
- David RubinChicago$1.5M
- Stephen HanauerChicago$1.4M
- Steven FlammChicago$1.3M
- Darren BrennerChicago$1.1M
- Russell CohenChicago$690K
- Parambir DulaiChicago$668K
- Christopher ChapmanChicago$645K
- Saurabh KapurChicago$532K
- Ikuo HiranoChicago$457K
- Adam SteinChicago$438K
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.