Prajwal Shrestha, MD
Internal Medicine · Chicago, ILNPI 1306457312
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (48.1%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 41.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,536, more than ten times the $32 reported in 2023. Among internal medicine 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 52 payments — averaging $81.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$263
- Abiomed$240
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$189
- Inari Medical, Inc.$166
- plus $471 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,98447%
- Food & beverage$2,04748%
- Education$2235%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 19 | $1,751 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 9 | $1,174 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $263 |
| Abiomed | 5 | $240 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $189 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $166 |
| Stryker | 1 | $165 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $137 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $85 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Daxor Corporation | 1 | $22 |
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.
- Carto 3$958
- MERLIN@HOME$606
- GALLANT$523
- Micra$198
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$166
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$166
- FlowTriever$165
- Impella$147
- ENSITE$134
How this compares
$4,254 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 5,182 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 14 | $174 |
| Carvedilol | 15 | $62 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 19 | $53 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 12 | $27 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other internal medicine in Chicago
- Merle DiamondChicago$1.1M
- Robert KushnerChicago$516K
- Romeo UrsuaChicago$420K
- Peter O DonnellChicago$318K
- George UrbanChicago$258K
- Kristen PallokChicago$256K
- George NissanChicago$252K
- Luke LaffinChicago$162K
- Daniel CatenacciChicago$161K
- Hiren ShahChicago$144K
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.