Robert Butts
Family Medicine · Vandalia, ILNPI 1245323898
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.3% of the total across 188 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novo Nordisk at 25.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,184 and has fallen 98.5% since, to $17 in 2023.
Across 188 payments — averaging $11.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$552
- Boehringer Ingelheim$464
- AstraZeneca$424
- Lilly USA, LLC$218
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$181
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$84
- plus $256 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,16499%
- Education$141%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 71 | $552 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 32 | $464 |
| AstraZeneca | 26 | $424 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 21 | $218 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 13 | $181 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $84 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $83 |
| Merck | 4 | $55 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $39 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $31 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $20 |
| Organon | 1 | $17 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$2,179 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 4,116 family medicine providers in Illinois.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Lisinopril | 12 | $66 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Vandalia
- Frank PhillipsChicago$1.6M
- Peter TothSterling$1.4M
- Bradley TorphyChicago$1.3M
- Jeffrey RoyceRockford$890K
- Anthony AuriemmaWestmont$788K
- Manfred ManGurnee$764K
- Barbara BellarOakbrook Terrace$599K
- Bernie RancheroAltamont$533K
- Sandy GibsonChicago$309K
- Mandy GittlerChicago$204K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.