Christy Beranek
Physician Assistant · Newport Beach, CANPI 1558654509
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 139 payments — averaging $32.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$1K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$815
- Sanofi$778
- Optinose US, Inc.$336
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$307
- Acclarent, Inc$279
- plus $941 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,39598%
- Education$982%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 35 | $1,037 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 23 | $815 |
| Sanofi | 29 | $778 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 15 | $336 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 7 | $307 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $279 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 2 | $187 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 7 | $160 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $107 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $90 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 4 | $76 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Merck | 2 | $46 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $40 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $40 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $33 |
| Novartis | 1 | $25 |
| Amgen | 1 | $24 |
| Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $19 |
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
$4,494 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 12 | $47,373 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 151 | $4,029 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 249 | $3,456 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 20 | $1,963 |
| Famotidine | 187 | $1,471 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 39 | $1,400 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 53 | $664 |
| Lansoprazole | 15 | $422 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 15 | $162 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 22 | $159 |
| Mupirocin | 35 | $130 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $93 |
| Azithromycin | 18 | $77 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Newport Beach
- Sally de Castro TilsenNewport Beach$77K
- Mia GattiNewport Beach$72K
- John QuigleyDowney$2.9M
- Andrea NguyenIrvine$1M
- Mikhail AlperMadera$889K
- Erin JensenUpland$716K
- Franklin ClineSacramento$458K
- Carla CrespoMarina del Rey$297K
- Katherine OsakiEl Centro$274K
- Shawna JonesFountain Valley$266K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.