Septimiu Murgu
Pulmonary Disease · Chicago, ILNPI 1881623460
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.8%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 33.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $201,989 and has fallen 91.4% since, to $17,421 in 2025. Among pulmonary disease 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 614 payments — averaging $1030.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$210K
- Johnson & Johnson$158K
- Pinnacle Biologics, Inc$81K
- Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc.$58K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$37K
- Olympus America Inc.$25K
- plus $64K from 18 others
Across 14 payments — averaging $12,239 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.
- Johnson & Johnson$93K
- Medtronic$65K
- Concordia Laboratories Inc.$13K
- Covidien LP$500
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$353,07056%
- Speaking & faculty fees$201,64132%
- Travel & lodging$48,2318%
- Food & beverage$14,0242%
- Education$15,7302%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 200 | $209,652 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 130 | $158,321 |
| Pinnacle Biologics, Inc | 70 | $80,913 |
| Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc. | 20 | $57,848 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 41 | $37,314 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 26 | $24,584 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 28 | $17,236 |
| Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH | 4 | $16,469 |
| Medtronic | 17 | $7,568 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corporation | 6 | $6,922 |
| Cook Incorporated | 2 | $6,400 |
| Noah Medical Corporation | 41 | $4,588 |
| Olympus Corporation | 7 | $1,577 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 3 | $901 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $880 |
| Covidien LP | 5 | $748 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 4 | $430 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $117 |
| ERBE USA Inc | 1 | $75 |
| Inogen, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| GSK | 2 | $35 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
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.
- Monarch Platform$223,583
- Photofrin$79,282
- GENERAL PULMONARY$70,447
- EXPECT$67,413
- MONARCH$18,817
- ACQUIRE$16,954
- Olympus Capital Accessories$16,795
- Olympus EBUS Bronchoscopes$16,795
- Olympus Respiratory Accessories$16,795
- Olympus Bronchoscopes$15,730
- GENERAL BRONCHIAL THERMOPLASTY$13,728
- EVES EUS ULTRASOUND BRONCHOFIBERVIDEOSCOPE$7,847
- ViziShot 2 FLEX$7,260
- EVIS EXERA III BRONCHOVIDEOSCOPE$6,850
- ILLUMISITE$5,661
- EVIS EXERA$5,390
- Cook Medical Ciaglia Blue Rhino$4,400
- GALAXY$3,070
- Single-Use flexible Video Bronchoscope$2,567
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$2,505
How this compares
$632,696 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 539 pulmonary disease 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.
Other pulmonary disease in Chicago
- Douglas HogarthChicago$2.9M
- Steven WhiteChicago$970K
- Momen WahidiChicago$779K
- Ayodeji AdegunsoyeChicago$561K
- Ravi KalhanChicago$375K
- Brian GaribaldiChicago$356K
- Manu JainChicago$187K
- Richard WunderinkChicago$178K
- Rade TomicChicago$70K
- Ajay WaghChicago$65K
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.