Russell Szmulewitz, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Chicago, ILNPI 1508029703
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $33,952 of the $38,953 with a category attached, or 87.2%. It is spread thinly across 15 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.0%. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $9,205 and has fallen 59.8% since, to $3,702 in 2025.
Across 34 payments — averaging $1145.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma Global Development$7K
- Merck$6K
- Novartis$5K
- Pfizer$4K
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$3K
- Eisai Inc.$2K
- plus $12K from 9 others
Across 454 payments — averaging $21,682 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.
- Merck$4.5M
- Novartis$2.3M
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$1.3M
- Astellas Pharma Global Development$613K
- Amgen$421K
- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$415K
- plus $332K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$33,95287%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,5009%
- Travel & lodging$2401%
- Food & beverage$1,2153%
- Education$460%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma Global Development | 5 | $7,420 |
| Merck | 3 | $5,635 |
| Novartis | 4 | $4,867 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $3,611 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $2,794 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $2,326 |
| Bayer | 2 | $2,182 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $2,164 |
| AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $2,100 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $1,943 |
| Janssen Global Services, LLC | 2 | $1,856 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $1,010 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $917 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $33 |
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
$38,953 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 580 hematology & oncology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ErleadaApalutamide | 80 | $1,098,968 |
| XtandiEnzalutamide | 83 | $1,032,590 |
| CabometyxCabozantinib S-Malate | 34 | $878,066 |
| NubeqaDarolutamide | 37 | $429,708 |
| Abiraterone Acetate | 281 | $174,366 |
| OrgovyxRelugolix | 56 | $162,166 |
| Prednisone | 462 | $1,506 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 13 | $1,425 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 20 | $379 |
| Prochlorperazine Maleate | 15 | $247 |
| Bicalutamide | 14 | $224 |
| Benazepril Hcl | 11 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonErleada | $1,010 | $1,098,96880 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncXtandi | $2,794 | $1,032,59083 claims |
| BayerNubeqa | $2,182 | $429,70837 claims |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLCAbiraterone Acetate | $917 | $174,366281 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 580 hematology & oncology providers in Illinois.
Other hematology & oncology in Chicago
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- Jamile ShammoChicago$910K
- Young Kwang ChaeChicago$563K
- Irfan MirzaChicago$544K
- Marina GarassinoChicago$397K
- Chih-Yi LiaoChicago$317K
- Rita NandaChicago$286K
- Shuo MaChicago$280K
- Santosh SarafChicago$275K
- Peter RiedellChicago$273K
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.