Ruchi Gupta
Pediatrics · Chicago, ILNPI 1619930278
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $72,817 of the $94,270 with a category attached, or 77.2%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Kaleo, Inc. at 55.7% of the total. Among pediatrics 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 66 payments — averaging $1428.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kaleo, Inc.$52K
- Genentech USA, Inc.$18K
- Novartis$6K
- Genentech, Inc.$6K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$5K
- Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.$5K
- plus $2K from 7 others
Across 22 payments — averaging $14,186 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.
- Genentech, Inc.$271K
- Phadia US Inc.$20K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$10K
- Kaleo, Inc.$7K
- Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.$5K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$72,81777%
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,57318%
- Travel & lodging$2,9863%
- Food & beverage$1,8952%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kaleo, Inc. | 16 | $52,466 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 17 | $17,846 |
| Novartis | 3 | $6,232 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 20 | $6,224 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $5,000 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $4,600 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 1 | $1,200 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $192 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $135 |
| Blueprint Medicines Corporation | 1 | $134 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Incyte Corporation | 2 | $71 |
| Greer Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
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
$94,270 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,058 pediatrics providers in Illinois.
Other pediatrics in Chicago
- Amy PallerChicago$1.2M
- Jan BergerChicago$886K
- Anita Chandra PuriChicago$367K
- Mindy SimpsonChicago$318K
- Anthony ManciniChicago$187K
- Patricia ChiamasChicago$155K
- Emily SimmonsChicago$32K
- Theresa MottesChicago$25K
- Linda LauxChicago$22K
- Eliza ParkerChicago$18K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.