Thomas Bielawiec, MD
Anesthesiology · Chicago, ILNPI 1073076295
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 44.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,548 and has fallen 96.9% since, to $112 in 2025. 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 59 payments — averaging $82.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$258
- Nevro Corp.$223
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$78
- Stryker$25
- plus $39 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,11844%
- Food & beverage$2,72856%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 30 | $2,166 |
| Boston Scientific | 15 | $2,057 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $258 |
| Nevro Corp. | 5 | $223 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 3 | $78 |
| Stryker | 1 | $25 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$1,083
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$298
- SPRINT PNS System$150
- Senza$109
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$102
How this compares
$4,846 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Duloxetine Hcl | 11 | $262 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 11 | $92 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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.