Pritesh Patel
Internal Medicine · Chicago, ILNPI 1396966941
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $81,987 of the $118,332 with a category attached, or 69.3%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bristol Myers Squibb at 49.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $88,630 and has fallen 95.3% since, to $4,148 in 2023. Among internal medicine 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 131 payments — averaging $903.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bristol Myers Squibb$59K
- Amgen$46K
- Johnson & Johnson$8K
- GE HealthCare$4K
- Sanofi$719
- Novartis$330
- plus $624 from 5 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $15,187 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.
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$17K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$14K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,41010%
- Speaking & faculty fees$81,98769%
- Travel & lodging$20,80018%
- Food & beverage$3,1353%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 50 | $58,572 |
| Amgen | 61 | $46,400 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $7,539 |
| GE HealthCare | 3 | $4,148 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $719 |
| Novartis | 2 | $330 |
| Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation | 2 | $225 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $90 |
| Verastem, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
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
$118,332 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,182 internal medicine providers in Illinois.
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).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.