Priya Verghese, MD
Pediatric Nephrology · Chicago, ILNPI 1902917891
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $14,110 of the $16,851 with a category attached, or 83.7%. Travere Therapeutics, Inc. accounts for 84.2% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $14,733, more than ten times the $117 reported in 2021. Among pediatric nephrology 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 21 payments — averaging $802.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$14K
- NS Pharma, Inc.$2K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$353
- AstraZeneca$219
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$114
- Boehringer Ingelheim$85
- plus $30 from 1 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $16,234 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.
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$92K
- Vertex$58K
- Sanofi$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,11084%
- Travel & lodging$1,69610%
- Food & beverage$1,0456%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 10 | $14,189 |
| NS Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $1,860 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH | 4 | $353 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $219 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $85 |
| Nuwellis, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
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.
- VILTEPSO$1,860
- LIVTENCITY$114
How this compares
$16,851 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 27 pediatric nephrology 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 pediatric nephrology in Chicago
- Craig LangmanChicago$50K
- Jerome LaneChicago$9K
- Shireen HashmatChicago$1K
- Vidhi DalalChicago$705
- Sonia KrishnanChicago$393
- Jeanne Frisby-ZedanChicago$276
- Carlos Becerril RomeroChicago$272
- Shihtien WangChicago$249
- Horace HambrickChicago$223
- Christopher ClardyChicago$175
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.