Steven Brandes, MD
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 190 payments — averaging $34.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$978
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$668
- Laborie Medical Technologies Corp.$632
- Urogen Pharma, Inc.$432
- Axonics, Inc.$307
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,23095%
- Education$3295%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 20 | $1,422 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 28 | $978 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 41 | $668 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 7 | $632 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 14 | $432 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 5 | $307 |
| Coloplast | 6 | $228 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 3 | $202 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $192 |
| Bluewind Medical | 1 | $134 |
| Bayer | 6 | $113 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $110 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 1 | $107 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 5 | $105 |
| Halozyme Inc | 3 | $102 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 5 | $98 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $95 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 2 | $84 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $83 |
| Ambu Inc. | 2 | $64 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $61 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $30 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Novartis | 1 | $24 |
| Profound Medical Corp. | 1 | $19 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $15 |
| ABC Home Medical Supply, 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.
- Axonics$187
- Bulkamid$187
- iTIND System$149
- Optilume BPH Drug Coated Balloon Catheter$149
- JELMYTO$140
- REVI$134
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$124
- GENERAL ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION$121
- TITAN$114
- XTANDI$111
- AMS$110
- GENERAL KIDNEY STONE DISEASE$107
- AQUABEAM SYSTEM$107
How this compares
$6,559 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 550 urology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| XtandiEnzalutamide | 28 | $324,499 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 137 | $137,196 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 121 | $116,093 |
| OrgovyxRelugolix | 24 | $60,657 |
| Mirabegron ErMirabegron | 12 | $6,267 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 466 | $6,021 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 53 | $3,885 |
| Finasteride | 248 | $3,065 |
| Trospium Chloride ErTrospium Chloride | 17 | $2,445 |
| Estradiol | 43 | $2,429 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 60 | $2,074 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 104 | $1,454 |
| Trospium Chloride | 28 | $1,307 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 15 | $1,282 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 40 | $1,055 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US IncXtandi, Myrbetriq | $978 | $461,696165 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa, Orgovyx | $668 | $176,750145 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 70th percentile of 550 urology providers in Illinois.
Other urology in Lisle
- Mark BrandtPark Ridge$3M
- Ashley RossChicago$2.3M
- Aaron BergerChicago Ridge$2.1M
- Joshua MeeksChicago$2M
- Courtney HollowellChicago$1.9M
- David LieberSpringfield$1.5M
- Gary SteinbergChicago$1.4M
- Brian HelfandChicago$1.2M
- Simone CrivellaroChicago$1.1M
- Michael AbernChicago$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.