James Berking, PA
Surgical · Medford, ORNPI 1740792316
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $10,850 of the $15,337 with a category attached, or 70.7%. Si-bone, Inc. accounts for 99.6% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Among surgical clinicians in OR 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 81 payments — averaging $189.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Si-bone, Inc.$15K
- Boston Scientific$61
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,85071%
- Travel & lodging$3,55223%
- Food & beverage$9356%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Si-bone, Inc. | 79 | $15,276 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $61 |
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.
- iFuse Implant$9,802
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$4,127
How this compares
$15,337 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 229 surgical providers in Oregon.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 14 | $498 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 20 | $156 |
| Prednisone | 13 | $30 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Medford
- Michael JaskotMedford$3K
- Hailey EinckMedford$3K
- Daniel NevilleMedford$1K
- Clarence BoneMedford$1K
- Amanda ShinpaughLake Oswego$9K
- Justin ThibeaultPortland$6K
- Benjamin BairdRoseburg$6K
- Kelly ChristnerSpringfield$5K
- Shea DeklotzPortland$5K
- Colleen PhillipsPortland$4K
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.