Jan Berger
Pediatrics · Chicago, ILNPI 1023040367
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (44.7%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. UCB SA accounts for 92.5% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $249,154, 5.3 times the $47,439 reported in 2019. Among pediatrics clinicians in IL 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 467 payments — averaging $1897.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- UCB SA$820K
- Genentech USA, Inc.$28K
- Merck$22K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$7K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$6K
- Illumina, Inc.$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$396,43745%
- Speaking & faculty fees$134,41915%
- Travel & lodging$343,82739%
- Food & beverage$10,6401%
- Gifts$5810%
- Entertainment$130%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UCB SA | 393 | $819,649 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 31 | $28,231 |
| Merck | 31 | $21,958 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $7,420 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $6,225 |
| Illumina, Inc. | 7 | $2,434 |
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.
- JARDIANCE$7,420
- DUPIXENT$6,225
- NovaSeq 6000Dx Sequencer Instrument$2,364
How this compares
$885,917 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,058 pediatrics providers in Illinois.
Other pediatrics in Chicago
- Amy PallerChicago$1.2M
- Anita Chandra PuriChicago$367K
- Mindy SimpsonChicago$318K
- Anthony ManciniChicago$187K
- Patricia ChiamasChicago$155K
- Ruchi GuptaChicago$94K
- Emily SimmonsChicago$32K
- Theresa MottesChicago$25K
- Linda LauxChicago$22K
- Eliza ParkerChicago$18K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.