Richard Lim, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Orland Park, ILNPI 1134174352
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.9%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Augmedics Inc. at 47.2% of the total.
Across 104 payments — averaging $369.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Augmedics Inc.$18K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$18K
- Si-bone, Inc.$2K
- Spineology Inc.$348
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$226
- Zimmer Biomet$83
- plus $88 from 4 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $1634.33 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.
- Si-bone, Inc.$5K
Across 6 payments — averaging $19,586 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Augmedics Inc.$118K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$22,66159%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,4404%
- Travel & lodging$11,14429%
- Food & beverage$3,2078%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Augmedics Inc. | 17 | $18,153 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 53 | $17,651 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 23 | $1,903 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $348 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 3 | $226 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $83 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $28 |
| Abbott | 1 | $27 |
| Stryker | 1 | $16 |
| Amgen | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Xvision$89,741
- Other - Miscellaneous$7,719
- TLIF$4,790
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$1,027
- Invictus MIS$606
- Rampart Duo Interbody Fusion System$333
- MULTIPLE$258
- iFuse Implant$215
- KODIAK$120
How this compares
$38,451 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 844 orthopaedic surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 63 | $1,021 |
| Methylprednisolone | 67 | $362 |
| Gabapentin | 50 | $330 |
| Naproxen | 53 | $294 |
| Celecoxib | 21 | $228 |
| Pregabalin | 11 | $210 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 27 | $127 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 25 | $121 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 35 | $90 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Orland Park
- Peter BonuttiEffingham$24.3M
- Steven HaddadGlenview$12.6M
- Aaron RosenbergChicago$12.4M
- Treg BrownHerrin$6.6M
- Wayne GoldsteinMorton Grove$4.9M
- Steven ChudikWestmont$4.1M
- Matthew SquireAurora$2.9M
- David ManningBurr Ridge$2.3M
- Ritesh ShahMorton Grove$2.3M
- Anish KadakiaChicago$2.1M
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.