Gunnar Bergqvist, MD
Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck · Erie, PANPI 1649216524
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 52 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 43.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $802 and has fallen 76.5% since, to $189 in 2025.
Across 52 payments — averaging $31.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$718
- Merz North America, Inc.$247
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$225
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$122
- Endo USA, Inc.$83
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$71
- plus $196 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,663100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 18 | $718 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 2 | $247 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 5 | $225 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $122 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 4 | $83 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 5 | $71 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 4 | $69 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Axogen | 1 | $15 |
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
$1,663 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 20 plastic surgery within the head and neck providers in Pennsylvania.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluorouracil | 107 | $8,370 |
| Ivermectin | 12 | $3,311 |
| Cephalexin | 27 | $2,031 |
| Metronidazole | 24 | $2,025 |
| Desonide | 18 | $1,696 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 39 | $589 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 13 | $56 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 15 | $47 |
| Diazepam | 13 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery within the head and neck in Erie
- Sumeet MathurJohnstown$17K
- Joseph SmithExton$8K
- Christopher RassekhPhiladelphia$5K
- John GallagherLanghorne$4K
- Alison YuPhiladelphia$3K
- Aarti AgarwalPhiladelphia$3K
- Neel SangalLancaster$3K
- Benjamin ChackLanghorne$2K
- Florence OthienoLancaster$1K
- Lisa AyersLewisburg$593
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.