Sakina Bajowala, MD
Allergy & Immunology · North Aurora, ILNPI 1427259605
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $56,700 of the $72,403 with a category attached, or 78.3%. ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. accounts for 91.4% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $66,424, more than ten times the $166 reported in 2019. Among allergy & immunology clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 103 payments — averaging $702.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc.$66K
- Novartis$5K
- AstraZeneca$472
- Sanofi$186
- Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.$158
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$139
- plus $543 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,0066%
- Speaking & faculty fees$56,70078%
- Travel & lodging$8,40212%
- Food & beverage$3,2945%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 54 | $66,156 |
| Novartis | 11 | $4,748 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $472 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $186 |
| Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $158 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $139 |
| Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC | 8 | $124 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $95 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 2 | $75 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 4 | $54 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $40 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| GSK | 1 | $17 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $15 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$72,403 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 161 allergy & immunology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 11 | $9,622 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 15 | $179 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 15 | $32 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $17 | $9,62211 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 90th percentile of 161 allergy & immunology providers in Illinois.
Other allergy & immunology in North Aurora
- Dareen SiriNormal$1.5M
- Priya BansalSaint Charles$1.3M
- Anju PetersChicago$563K
- Giselle MosnaimChicago$331K
- Patrick WinShiloh$258K
- Amanda SalihChicago$160K
- Rebecca HoffmanWilmette$160K
- Juanita MoraChicago$147K
- Sonali MajmudarAlgonquin$136K
- Zachary RubinElmhurst$133K
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.