George Berci
West Hollywood, CANPI 1730500273
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $589,823 of the $714,895 with a category attached, or 82.5%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, KARL Storz Endoscopy-america. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $379,580 and has fallen 79.9% since, to $76,389 in 2023.
Across 69 payments — averaging $10,361 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- KARL Storz Endoscopy-america$715K
Across 7 payments — averaging $33,165 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.
- KARL Storz Endoscopy-america$232K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$114,94916%
- Consulting fees$589,82383%
- Grants$2,5000%
- Travel & lodging$6,7051%
- Food & beverage$9180%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 69 | $714,895 |
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.
- C-MAC VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE # 3$489,949
- CCU,MODULAR,H3-LINK,US$128,975
- IMAGE1 S CONNECT$77,062
- 32 inch 4K MONITOR, 38402160$4,757
- CABLE,HIGH FREQ.,W8MM PLUG,300CM,STERILE$2,500
- C-MAC VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE MAC #3$2,211
- VITOM 90 DETACHABLE, AUTOCLAVE$2,205
- 7 FLAT PANEL MONITOR ONLY F/C-MAC, HDMI$982
- CCU,MODULAR,D3-LINK,US$964
- CORD,HIGH FREQ,W/8MM PLUG,300CM,$850
- 4.0MMX65CM SCOPE + STANDARD ACCESSORIES$757
- IMAGE1 S CONNECT W/H3-LINK, X-LINK$486
- 16 FR. FLEXIBLE VIDEO CYSTOSCOPE$121
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.