Talal Akbar, MD
Anesthesiology · Chicago, ILNPI 1154855336
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (46.1%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 48.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,328 and has fallen 69.3% since, to $407 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 21 payments — averaging $113.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Medtronic$743
- Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc$147
- Teleflex LLC$136
- Draeger Medical Systems, Inc$90
- Solventum Corporation$60
- plus $62 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$49521%
- Travel & lodging$79133%
- Food & beverage$1,10046%
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 | 7 | $1,146 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $743 |
| Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc | 2 | $147 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $136 |
| Draeger Medical Systems, Inc | 1 | $90 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $60 |
| Vertex | 1 | $36 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $27 |
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.
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$791
- FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE$583
- Microstream$150
- Arrow$136
How this compares
$2,385 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,980 anesthesiology 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 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
- Sanup PathakChicago$42K
- Jason RossChicago$33K
- Paul HertzChicago$29K
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.