Top Dentist - General Practice in Illinois by Industry Payments

This analysis ranks the top dentist - general practice practitioners in Illinois by total payments received from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, based on CMS Open Payments data. The 20 providers listed here collectively received $12,914,907 over the covered period.

Data source: CMS Open Payments + Medicare Part B Coverage: 2018–2024 Providers analyzed: 20 State: Illinois
$12,914,907
Total Industry Payments
Across all providers in this analysis
20
Providers Analyzed
With at least one payment on record
$128,048
Median Total Payments
Half of providers received more, half received less
Context: Industry payments to physicians are legally required to be disclosed under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. Payments may reflect consulting expertise, research participation, or speaking engagements. This data is provided to support transparency, not to render clinical judgments.

Top Dentist - General Practice by Total Industry Payments — Illinois

CMS Open Payments
# Provider Total Payments Companies Years Active
1
Ryan Molis
Burr Ridge, IL
$9,528,798
10 2018–2024
2
Louis Graham
Chicago, IL
$828,150
33 2018–2024
3
Brijesh Patel
Schaumburg, IL
$474,647
11 2019–2024
4
Alan Boghosian
Chicago, IL
$343,713
7 2018–2024
5
Anthony Ponzio
Elmwood Park, IL
$273,009
19 2018–2024
6
Dennis Hartlieb
Glenview, IL
$248,661
10 2018–2024
7
Matthew Hallas
Chicago, IL
$196,171
8 2018–2024
8
Mark Ligocki
Oakbrook Terrace, IL
$140,127
15 2018–2024
9
Sam Simos
Marseilles, IL
$134,504
10 2018–2024
10
Richard Rosenblatt
Lake Forest, IL
$128,048
20 2018–2024
11
Michael Nick
Chicago, IL
$104,091
15 2018–2024
12
Robert Funk
Shorewood, IL
$93,440
13 2018–2024
13
Louis Kaufman
Chicago, IL
$86,416
16 2018–2024
14
Joseph Favia
Arlington Heights, IL
$70,498
21 2018–2024
15
Michael Morgan
Hinsdale, IL
$67,203
4 2018–2024
16
Meredith Gantos
Naperville, IL
$60,581
9 2018–2024
17
Carla Couri
Peoria, IL
$43,372
6 2018–2023
18
Jeffrey Bonk
Barrington, IL
$38,618
8 2018–2024
19
John Ifantis
Morton Grove, IL
$27,805
7 2018–2024
20
Dhiraj Sharma
Chicago, IL
$27,055
11 2018–2024

State payment context — Dentist - General Practice in Illinois

CMS Open Payments

Beyond the top recipients listed above, 3,572 dentist - general practice providers in Illinois have at least one disclosed industry payment, totaling $15,543,435 (2018–2024).

The median dentist - general practice provider in Illinois received $226 in total payments, versus a national median of $229 for the same specialty.

Payments to this specialty in Illinois peaked in 2024, when $3,824,621 changed hands across 5,461 transactions. Align Technology, Inc. has been the largest single payer over the period, and Burr Ridge leads all Illinois cities in payment volume for this specialty.

Top companies paying Dentist - General Practice providers in Illinois

Company Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Align Technology, Inc. $9,822,897 1,045 4,688
Dentsply Sirona Inc $576,126 1,336 4,060
Hiossen, Inc. $484,454 3 10
DENTSPLY LLC $337,396 63 253
Straumann USA LLC $260,053 1,034 3,475
Midway Dental Supply, LLC $256,258 1 4
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $254,356 210 435
Cosmedent, Inc. $221,532 3 14

Industry payments to Dentist - General Practice providers in Illinois by year

Year Total payments Providers paid Transactions
2018 $1,205,979 1,843 6,303
2019 $771,359 1,625 4,841
2020 $1,584,020 1,288 3,179
2021 $1,201,091 1,477 4,150
2022 $3,443,711 1,620 5,342
2023 $3,512,653 1,740 6,591
2024 $3,824,621 1,833 5,461

Top Illinois cities for Dentist - General Practice industry payments

City Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Burr Ridge $9,528,967 4 183
Chicago $2,140,272 779 8,013
Schaumburg $489,453 45 336
Glenview $290,027 44 556
Elmwood Park $278,087 12 489
Oakbrook Terrace $155,879 11 234
Arlington Heights $138,128 74 878
Marseilles $134,504 1 89
Methodology Providers filtered to Illinois-licensed dentist - general practice practitioners (NPI taxonomy code 1223G0001X) with at least one Open Payments record. Payments aggregated across all years and all payment types. Rankings reflect cumulative totals, not annualized figures. Data source: CMS Open Payments, accessed via doctransparency.com database.
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