Top Dentist in Illinois by Industry Payments

This analysis ranks the top dentist 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 $3,933,743 over the covered period.

Data source: CMS Open Payments + Medicare Part B Coverage: 2018–2024 Providers analyzed: 20 State: Illinois
$3,933,743
Total Industry Payments
Across all providers in this analysis
20
Providers Analyzed
With at least one payment on record
$91,229
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 by Total Industry Payments — Illinois

CMS Open Payments
# Provider Total Payments Companies Years Active
1
Michael Bicknell
Elmhurst, IL
$1,214,149
6 2018–2024
2
Lori Trost
Red Bud, IL
$536,689
22 2018–2024
3
Richard Cottrell
Lake Forest, IL
$465,494
5 2018–2023
4
Meena Barsoum
Arlington Heights, IL
$411,935
18 2018–2024
5
Robert Blackwell
Brookfield, IL
$205,732
11 2018–2024
6
M. Sharifi
Chicago, IL
$197,007
7 2018–2024
7
Chiann Gibson
Naperville, IL
$157,440
12 2018–2024
8
Glenn Deweirdt
Woodridge, IL
$119,729
10 2018–2024
9
Brian Habas
Western Springs, IL
$106,192
4 2018–2024
10
Keith Evans
Bloomington, IL
$91,229
6 2018–2024
11
Miguel Ortiz
Chicago, IL
$68,989
5 2018–2024
12
Kathryn Delfs
Evanston, IL
$67,967
8 2018–2022
13
Manal Ibrahim
Chicago, IL
$57,132
4 2019–2024
14
Steven Biagini
Glen Ellyn, IL
$55,691
6 2018–2024
15
Stephen Martin
Chicago, IL
$53,495
10 2018–2024
16
Lacey Green
Chicago, IL
$31,347
7 2018–2024
17
Colleen Scheive
Glen Ellyn, IL
$26,680
7 2018–2024
18
Petar Tofovic
Chicago, IL
$23,626
11 2018–2024
19
Manal Ibrahim
Joliet, IL
$22,103
5 2018–2024
20
Cristian Pavel
Chicago, IL
$21,116
8 2018–2024

State payment context — Dentist in Illinois

CMS Open Payments

Beyond the top recipients listed above, 3,220 dentist providers in Illinois have at least one disclosed industry payment, totaling $6,297,161 (2018–2024).

The median dentist provider in Illinois received $232 in total payments, versus a national median of $226 for the same specialty.

Payments to this specialty in Illinois peaked in 2022, when $1,131,943 changed hands across 5,522 transactions. Align Technology, Inc. has been the largest single payer over the period, and Elmhurst leads all Illinois cities in payment volume for this specialty.

Top companies paying Dentist providers in Illinois

Company Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Align Technology, Inc. $1,051,469 1,069 5,398
Ormco Corporation $1,025,934 106 803
Dentsply Sirona Inc $418,888 1,246 3,631
Straumann USA LLC $349,239 930 3,484
Dentsply IH Sweden $261,806 1 4
Envista Holdings Corporation $261,757 170 330
DENTSPLY LLC $259,112 41 163
Nobel Biocare USA $220,482 461 1,032

Industry payments to Dentist providers in Illinois by year

Year Total payments Providers paid Transactions
2018 $1,066,990 1,501 5,364
2019 $827,865 1,391 4,609
2020 $505,765 1,147 2,987
2021 $875,694 1,374 4,380
2022 $1,131,943 1,513 5,522
2023 $979,719 1,690 6,565
2024 $909,184 1,747 5,817

Top Illinois cities for Dentist industry payments

City Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Elmhurst $1,230,030 22 778
Chicago $1,175,010 803 8,474
Red Bud $537,100 2 395
Lake Forest $481,481 13 144
Arlington Heights $429,817 30 695
Naperville $213,349 60 838
Brookfield $206,965 5 262
Woodridge $123,999 9 145
Methodology Providers filtered to Illinois-licensed dentist practitioners (NPI taxonomy code 122300000X) 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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