Brandie Bernagozzi, PA
Surgical · West Columbia, SCNPI 1619299708
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,115 of the $4,217 with a category attached, or 73.9%. Atricure, Inc. accounts for 78.5% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,175 and has fallen 52.9% since, to $1,024 in 2025. Among surgical clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 104 payments — averaging $40.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$288
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$130
- Edwards Lifesciences$100
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$60
- La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company$49
- plus $279 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,10226%
- Food & beverage$3,11574%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 74 | $3,312 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 7 | $288 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $130 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $100 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $60 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 2 | $49 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| On Target Laboratories, Inc | 1 | $38 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $34 |
| Merck | 1 | $28 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Amgen | 2 | $26 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $18 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $18 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$4,217 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 232 surgical providers in South Carolina.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 13 | $11,114 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 51 | $885 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 88 | $667 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 63 | $492 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 43 | $388 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 35 | $203 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $181 |
| Potassium Chloride | 30 | $115 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 30 | $106 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 21 | $72 |
| Furosemide | 42 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in West Columbia
- Richard JacobWest Columbia$4K
- Ethan SmallwoodWest Columbia$3K
- Bryan AlfordWest Columbia$3K
- Victoria PregibonWest Columbia$3K
- Eric RobertsWest Columbia$2K
- Paige CrowleyWest Columbia$2K
- Laura ErnstWest Columbia$2K
- Phillip FerrellWest Columbia$2K
- Natalie BartonWest Columbia$2K
- Joshua BeardsleyRock Hill$192K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.