Stephen Macenas
Physician Assistant · Chicago, ILNPI 1871133538
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 69 payments — averaging $38.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Axonics, Inc.$538
- Novo Nordisk$273
- Antares Pharma, Inc.$221
- Endo USA, Inc.$207
- 180 Medical, Inc.$193
- Procept Biorobotics Corporation$187
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,660100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Axonics, Inc. | 6 | $538 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $273 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $221 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 9 | $207 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 4 | $193 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 3 | $187 |
| Agiliti Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $162 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $158 |
| Abbott | 1 | $132 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 4 | $85 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $80 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $56 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $52 |
| Coloplast | 2 | $42 |
| Bayer | 2 | $38 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Telix Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $23 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $20 |
| Halozyme Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 1 | $15 |
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
$2,660 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,912 physician assistant providers in Illinois.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| GemtesaVibegron | 13 | $12,982 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 14 | $7,210 |
| Fosfomycin Tromethamine | 11 | $1,794 |
| Trospium Chloride ErTrospium Chloride | 11 | $1,534 |
| Estradiol | 21 | $1,436 |
| Testosterone Cypionate | 16 | $1,165 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 38 | $885 |
| Silodosin | 14 | $788 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 30 | $453 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 26 | $236 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 76 | $182 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 11 | $167 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 22 | $73 |
| Diazepam | 43 | $43 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Chicago
- Andrew MastroChicago$419K
- Renata BlockChicago$103K
- Margaret RomanoChicago$82K
- Christina StarksChicago$77K
- Jessica KarlChicago$71K
- Kelly OconnorChicago$36K
- Christa CooperChicago$36K
- Audrey FenwickChicago$29K
- Amy LadewskiChicago$29K
- Lindsey KalhagenChicago$21K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.