Thomas Schnitzer
Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine, Sports Medicine · Chicago, ILNPI 1588649461
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 584 payments — averaging $17,032 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Eli Lilly$6.2M
- Regeneron$1.6M
- Amgen$529K
- Vertex$359K
- Pfizer$354K
- GSK$276K
- plus $653K from 19 others
Across 71 payments — averaging $2013.81 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.
- Pfizer$75K
- Eli Lilly$64K
- Regeneron$2K
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$271,21380%
- Speaking & faculty fees$19,7056%
- Travel & lodging$43,20913%
- Food & beverage$3,3341%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eli Lilly | 179 | $6,161,937 |
| Regeneron | 113 | $1,613,583 |
| Amgen | 6 | $528,965 |
| Vertex | 6 | $358,640 |
| Pfizer | 35 | $354,263 |
| GSK | 71 | $275,936 |
| Novartis | 7 | $252,728 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 18 | $165,090 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $35,464 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 42 | $34,466 |
| Merck | 38 | $28,382 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 14 | $27,505 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 9 | $27,094 |
| IBSA Institut Biochimique SA | 8 | $23,806 |
| Eli Lilly Export S.A. Puerto Rico Branch | 6 | $11,357 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 4 | $9,117 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 9 | $7,438 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $5,725 |
| Orion Corporation | 3 | $5,525 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $4,713 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $4,000 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 3 | $3,710 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $3,600 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $2,550 |
| Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $1,200 |
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
Too few neuromusculoskeletal medicine, sports medicine providers in Illinoisto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.