RxDoctor Payments Data

Neel Bhalala, MD

Family Medicine · Zion, ILNPI 1992118624

Payments from drug & device makers

$17,159in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 940 payments — averaging $18.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$2K
  • AstraZeneca$2K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$1K
  • Novo Nordisk$1K
  • Amgen$1K
  • Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$777
  • plus $8K from 49 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$17,159100%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AbbVie(2 entities)164$2,381
AstraZeneca91$1,911
Lilly USA, LLC74$1,460
Novo Nordisk94$1,360
Amgen(2 entities)65$1,098
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC20$777
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.21$734
Boehringer Ingelheim45$688
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC43$639
Pfizer34$608
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.46$592
Johnson & Johnson20$481
GSK23$432
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA17$312
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.16$288
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)10$261
Mylan Specialty L.p.11$195
Harmony Biosciences LLC12$190
Bayer8$174
Astellas Pharma US Inc9$162
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.3$159
Amarin Pharma, Inc.9$153
Merck11$152
Corcept Therapeutics7$150
Abbott7$147
Exact Sciences7$142
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.1$121
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.5$114
Organogenesis Inc.3$107
Lundbeck LLC6$100
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.6$97
Novartis4$89
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.5$75
Medtronic1$72
Pear Therapeutics (US), Inc.1$69
Recordati_rare_diseases_inc.2$63
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$61
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$59
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$59
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$57
Seqirus USA Inc3$50
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$45
Philips North America LLC3$39
Ardelyx, Inc.2$31
Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC2$29
Ascensia Diabetes Care US Inc.1$24
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$23
Dexcom, Inc.1$19
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc1$17
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.1$17
Viatris Specialty LLC1$17
Vertex1$17
Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC1$16
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC1$14
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, 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.

How this compares

$17,159 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,116 family medicine providers in Illinois.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$32,126
Medicare patients
40
Services billed
226

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
OzempicSemaglutide45$63,920
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol27$37,988
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter45$35,418
MounjaroTirzepatide28$30,866
EliquisApixaban24$22,346
Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl15$4,257
SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate14$3,494
Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate83$2,593
Gabapentin71$1,868
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen35$930
Meclizine Hcl22$853
Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl16$800
Atorvastatin Calcium92$726
Omeprazole42$567
Esomeprazole Magnesium17$556

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Novo NordiskOzempic$1,360$63,92045 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort$1,911$41,48241 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta$432$35,41845 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro$1,460$30,86628 claims
PfizerEliquis$608$22,34624 claims
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USABuprenorphine-Naloxone$312$4,25715 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 4,116 family medicine providers in Illinois.

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