Salman Chaudri, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Oak Lawn, ILNPI 1730133711
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (44.1%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 49.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $8,701, 5.2 times the $1,664 reported in 2019.
Across 160 payments — averaging $193.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$15K
- Medwest Associates$4K
- Johnson & Johnson$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- Lilly USA, LLC$3K
- Stryker$873
- plus $2K from 19 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $13,150 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.
- Pfizer$39K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,15010%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,62544%
- Travel & lodging$3,24911%
- Food & beverage$7,90226%
- Education$2,96510%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 28 | $15,215 |
| Medwest Associates | 16 | $3,836 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 48 | $3,186 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 18 | $3,083 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $2,625 |
| Stryker | 10 | $873 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 11 | $718 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 2 | $230 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $200 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $161 |
| Think Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $157 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $120 |
| Vericel Corporation | 5 | $100 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $84 |
| Orthalign Inc | 1 | $72 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $26 |
| Moximed, Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $24 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- ATTUNE$2,323
- ACTIS$1,028
- VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS$900
- TFN ADVANCED$900
- Velys$578
- NA$476
- INHANCE$297
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$185
- MPO Hip System$175
- PANGEA$167
- TMINI Miniature Robotic System$157
- GAMMA$141
- Zilretta$123
- Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System$120
- Kincise Surgical Automated System$114
- TFN-Advance$113
- TRUESPAN$107
- DYNACORD$107
- HEALIX$107
- PERMATAPE$107
How this compares
$30,891 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 844 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ibuprofen | 42 | $1,084 |
| Celecoxib | 27 | $784 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 28 | $487 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 14 | $355 |
| Meloxicam | 67 | $303 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 42 | $221 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 21 | $102 |
| Methylprednisolone | 17 | $89 |
| Naproxen | 12 | $66 |
| Amoxicillin | 12 | $32 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Oak Lawn
- Peter BonuttiEffingham$24.3M
- Steven HaddadGlenview$12.6M
- Aaron RosenbergChicago$12.4M
- Treg BrownHerrin$6.6M
- Wayne GoldsteinMorton Grove$4.9M
- Steven ChudikWestmont$4.1M
- Matthew SquireAurora$2.9M
- David ManningBurr Ridge$2.3M
- Ritesh ShahMorton Grove$2.3M
- Anish KadakiaChicago$2.1M
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.