Ross Milner
Vascular Surgery · Chicago, ILNPI 1902857287
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $801,071 of the $1,323,292 with a category attached, or 60.5%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 50.1% of the total. Among vascular surgery 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 1,285 payments — averaging $1029.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$662K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$386K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$150K
- Boston Scientific$75K
- Johnson & Johnson$30K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$9K
- plus $11K from 14 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $1124.00 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.
- Medtronic$9K
- Shape Memory Medical Inc.$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$318,22524%
- Speaking & faculty fees$801,07161%
- Travel & lodging$175,31713%
- Food & beverage$28,6802%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 703 | $662,480 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 329 | $385,579 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 100 | $150,035 |
| Boston Scientific | 75 | $75,292 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 28 | $30,318 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 12 | $8,516 |
| Shape Memory Medical Inc. | 12 | $6,077 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 7 | $1,375 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 3 | $1,315 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $1,200 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 3 | $290 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $219 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 1 | $157 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $131 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $129 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $74 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $18 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 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.
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$279,676
- ENDURANT IIS$266,569
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$145,329
- Valiant Navion$122,092
- Endurant$101,783
- GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$92,475
- Product in Development$90,691
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft$86,670
- Valiant Captivia$80,536
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$77,227
- EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$68,694
- C3 Delivery System$63,443
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$62,846
- Heli-FX EndoAnchor System$43,768
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$40,406
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$34,898
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$33,765
- EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$33,401
- XARELTO$29,986
- TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$28,781
How this compares
$1,323,292 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 170 vascular 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cilostazol | 20 | $165 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Chicago
- Trissa BabrowskiChicago$292K
- Heron RodriguezChicago$105K
- Mark EskandariChicago$51K
- Calvin ChaoChicago$39K
- Clayton BrinsterChicago$34K
- Neel MansukhaniChicago$28K
- Matthew ChiaChicago$25K
- Margaret ReillyChicago$23K
- Courtney FurloughChicago$23K
- Andrew RusseauChicago$23K
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.