Daniel Berson, DO
Anesthesiology · Austin, TXNPI 1447224415
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (29.7%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Haemonetics Corporation at 44.5% of the total. Among anesthesiology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 161 payments — averaging $358.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Haemonetics Corporation$26K
- Philips North America LLC$23K
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
- Abiomed$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Ancora Heart, Inc.$857
- plus $2K from 12 others
Across 30 payments — averaging $6015.67 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Philips North America LLC$180K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,46423%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,31625%
- Travel & lodging$17,15230%
- Food & beverage$7,70313%
- Education$2,3704%
- Other$2,7655%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Haemonetics Corporation | 34 | $25,689 |
| Philips North America LLC | 33 | $23,137 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 27 | $2,875 |
| Abiomed | 12 | $1,895 |
| Abbott | 17 | $1,627 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 4 | $857 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 8 | $635 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $270 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $137 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $130 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 9 | $119 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $111 |
| Werfen USA LLC | 1 | $91 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $32 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $30 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- TEG6s HEMOSTASIS SYSTEM$24,304
- TEG Manager$23,454
- Educ Ultrasound$9,732
- Clin Educ US$3,500
- (1658) Clinical Educ Ultrasound$3,500
- (9210) Undivided$2,765
- Impella$1,694
- (0054) Support function$1,185
- (5044) MCOT$1,185
- PASCAL$845
- AccuCinch$821
- TRICLIP$794
- (1667) Ultrasound Options and Upgrades$316
- MitraClip$265
- FLOSEAL$229
- EPIQ 7C$150
- PREVELEAK$143
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$141
- BIS$130
- Mitra Clip system$129
How this compares
$57,770 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,899 anesthesiology providers in Texas.
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.
Other anesthesiology in Austin
- Iden CowanAustin$305K
- Ryan CaseyAustin$287K
- Aaron AliAustin$41K
- John SchlittAustin$31K
- Clement YehAustin$29K
- Christopher MasseyAustin$17K
- Richard TeamesFort Worth$746K
- Tong GanHouston$700K
- Valentine GibsonRichardson$671K
- James MuellerDallas$636K
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.