Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Illinois
13 providers, $1,227,428 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments.
Ranking high here usually means a consulting or royalty arrangement, not wrongdoing. Payments to device inventors and trial investigators are legal, disclosed, and concentrated in a small number of people — which is exactly why a list like this has a steep top and a long flat tail.
What Medicare pays ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery clinicians in Illinois
Across 12 ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery clinicians in Illinois who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $2,135,152 in total — an average of $177,929 each, of which $171,534 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.
This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.
Ranked by reported payments
- 1Tamara FountainDeerfield$1,046,193
- 2Paul PhelpsChicago$140,915
- 3Kenya WilliamsChicago$22,637
- 4Liza CohenChicago$4,737
- 5Krishna PatelWheaton$3,752
- 6Stephen WinklerDes Plaines$2,882
- 7Hassan ShahChicago$1,499
- 8Jamie KeenHines$1,334
- 9Duaa SharfiMerrionette Park$1,025
- 10Olivia ChengChicago$1,003
- 11Stacy Scofield-KaplanNaperville$803
- 12Sasha HubschmanChicago$406
- 13John PakWheaton$241