---
title: What industry pays physicians in Illinois (CMS Open Payments 2024)
state: Illinois
program_year: 2024
general_payments: 100984209
physicians: 37086
source: CMS — Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act), program year 2024
sourceId: src:cms:open-payments:py2024
---

# Industry payments to physicians — Illinois (2024)

In Illinois, drug and device makers reported **$100,984,209** in general payments to **37,086** covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for program year 2024 (mean $2,723 each), plus $198,626,988 tied to research and $25,127,222 in ownership interests.

**A payment is a disclosed financial tie, not proof of wrongdoing** — many are research grants, consulting fees, or device royalties. Transparency, not a verdict.

## Top specialties

| Specialty | Total | Physicians | Mean per physician |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | $11,325,267 | 620 | $18,267 |
| Sports Medicine | $6,365,176 | 134 | $47,501 |
| Dermatology | $5,249,663 | 448 | $11,718 |
| Gastroenterology | $4,624,416 | 547 | $8,454 |
| General Practice | $3,841,616 | 1,902 | $2,020 |
| Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $2,870,413 | 54 | $53,156 |
| Neurological Surgery | $2,790,295 | 219 | $12,741 |
| Surgery | $2,722,275 | 747 | $3,644 |
| Internal Medicine | $2,668,069 | 2,233 | $1,195 |
| Hematology & Oncology | $2,567,605 | 444 | $5,783 |
| Family | $2,458,407 | 3,061 | $803 |
| Neurology | $2,413,727 | 437 | $5,523 |

## Highest-paid physicians (general payments)

| Physician | Specialty | Total | Top payer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Domb | Sports Medicine | $3,625,367 | Arthrex, Inc. |
| Ryan Molis | General Practice | $3,035,537 | Align Technology, Inc. |
| Steven Haddad | Orthopaedic Surgery | $2,222,223 | Stryker Corporation |
| Peter Bonutti | Orthopaedic Surgery | $2,141,702 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
| Gregory Nicholson | Sports Medicine | $1,432,676 | Stryker Corporation |
| Treg Brown | Orthopaedic Surgery | $967,585 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
| Raj Chovatiya | Dermatology | $938,299 | Genzyme Corporation |
| Ahmad Amin | Dermatology | $827,550 | AbbVie Inc. |
| George Lewitt | Dermatology | $761,679 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Denis Nam | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $704,067 | Stryker Corporation |
| Wayne Goldstein | Orthopaedic Surgery | $640,229 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| Sergey Neckrysh | Neurological Surgery | $616,998 | Stryker Corporation |
| Peter Lio | Dermatology | $483,649 | Genzyme Corporation |
| Frank Phillips | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $452,268 | SI-BONE, Inc. |
| Douglas Hogarth | Pulmonary Disease | $443,525 | Noah Medical Corporation |
| Lisa Nijm | Ophthalmology | $417,465 | Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. |
| Mark Metzl | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | $417,113 | Haemonetics Corporation |
| Hany Bedair | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $411,045 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
| Craig Della Valle | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $407,053 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
| Anand Vora | Foot and Ankle Surgery | $399,699 | Arthrex, Inc. |
| Tyler Koski | Neurological Surgery | $385,358 | Globus Medical, Inc. |
| Grant Garrigues | Sports Medicine | $378,092 | ENCORE MEDICAL, LP |
| Francesco Bianco | Surgery | $372,141 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Roueen Rafeyan | Addiction Medicine | $368,926 | ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) |
| Riad Salem | Vascular & Interventional Radiology | $365,923 | Boston Scientific Corporation |

RECORDED CMS Open Payments amounts/counts; totals, means, and rankings are DERIVED. A disclosure record — not evidence of improper influence, not a measure of physician quality, not advice. To verify a physician, search openpaymentsdata.cms.gov. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/

Structured data: `/care/open-payments/il.jsonld` · National: `/care/open-payments`