Sanup Pathak
Anesthesiology · Chicago, ILNPI 1487965547
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (48.6%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biotronik NRO, Inc. at 59.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $21,392, more than ten times the $1,238 reported in 2019. Among anesthesiology 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 226 payments — averaging $185.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$25K
- Abbott$4K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$3K
- Bioventus LLC$3K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$2K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$1K
- plus $3K from 10 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $76.39 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.
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$229
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,33041%
- Travel & lodging$2,9667%
- Food & beverage$20,41549%
- Education$1,2793%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 82 | $25,047 |
| Abbott | 37 | $3,627 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 20 | $3,445 |
| Bioventus LLC | 30 | $3,055 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 3 | $2,079 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 8 | $1,308 |
| Nevro Corp. | 12 | $925 |
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $759 |
| Painteq LLC | 7 | $670 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $261 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $246 |
| Curonix LLC | 4 | $232 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $180 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $92 |
| Stryker | 1 | $43 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- Prospera$23,014
- Intracept$4,674
- Evoke SCS$2,816
- Stimrouter Implantable Kit$2,149
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$2,079
- Proclaim IPG$1,144
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$595
- PAINTEQ$546
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$464
- PROCLAIM$408
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$264
- Evoke$263
- INTELLIS$153
- ETERNA$147
- SPRINT PNS System$129
- Senza$121
How this compares
$41,990 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,980 anesthesiology providers in Illinois.
Other anesthesiology in Chicago
- Nishant ShahChicago$2.1M
- Tolga SuvarChicago$303K
- Dragan GastevskiChicago$240K
- Rushad MarfatiaChicago$67K
- Kurosh TakhtehchianChicago$61K
- Magdalena AnitescuChicago$46K
- Joshua PanChicago$44K
- Jason RossChicago$33K
- Paul HertzChicago$29K
- Charles HogueChicago$24K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.