Eric Gerstenfeld, MD
Dermatology · San Diego, CANPI 1114979754
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 233 payments — averaging $17.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$600
- Dermavant Sciences, Inc.$434
- AbbVie$368
- Sanofi$298
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$273
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$232
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,95398%
- Education$752%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 41 | $600 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 55 | $434 |
| AbbVie | 19 | $368 |
| Sanofi | 10 | $298 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 11 | $273 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $232 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 11 | $228 |
| Novartis | 10 | $206 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 7 | $197 |
| Amgen | 9 | $167 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 9 | $167 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $155 |
| Incyte Corporation | 6 | $144 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $129 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $66 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $49 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $43 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $35 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $34 |
| Almirall LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$4,028 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 1,875 dermatology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clobetasol Propionate | 42 | $2,616 |
| Fluorouracil | 28 | $2,219 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 36 | $1,425 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 21 | $850 |
| Ketoconazole | 33 | $529 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 48 | $389 |
| Hydrocortisone | 52 | $302 |
| Ciclopirox | 12 | $242 |
| Fluconazole | 14 | $210 |
| Mupirocin | 16 | $101 |
| Minoxidil | 13 | $76 |
| Prednisone | 12 | $65 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in San Diego
- Neal BhatiaSan Diego$5.1M
- Walter NahmSan Diego$4.7M
- Michelle PelleSan Diego$1.8M
- Tissa HataSan Diego$619K
- Arisa OrtizSan Diego$603K
- Vivian LaquerIrvine$20.9M
- Howard SofenLos Angeles$16.1M
- Raja SivamaniSacramento$11.8M
- Jennifer SoungSanta Ana$10.3M
- Stacy SmithEncinitas$7.9M
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.