Jeff Berry, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Spartanburg, SCNPI 1811135908
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.8% of the total across 459 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 39 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,427, 5.8 times the $422 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $35,448.
Across 459 payments — averaging $21.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Atricure, Inc.$897
- Boston Scientific$835
- Novartis$818
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$508
- plus $3K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$9,787100%
- Education$220%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 96 | $2,193 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 60 | $1,247 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 29 | $897 |
| Boston Scientific | 20 | $835 |
| Novartis | 49 | $818 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 48 | $508 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 17 | $382 |
| CMS Imaging, Inc. | 2 | $342 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 10 | $316 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $223 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 15 | $222 |
| Abiomed | 10 | $221 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 17 | $157 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $137 |
| Merck | 7 | $135 |
| BD | 4 | $112 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $100 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $95 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $93 |
| Teleflex LLC | 3 | $89 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 5 | $88 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $77 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $75 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $61 |
| Recor Medical Inc | 2 | $50 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $49 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $32 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Nuwellis, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $18 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Bayer | 1 | $15 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Cardiofocus, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $13 |
| Amgen | 1 | $11 |
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
$9,809 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 58 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in South Carolina.
See all clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in South Carolina →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 703 | $743,363 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 226 | $217,092 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 68 | $95,672 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 18 | $14,630 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 13 | $9,775 |
| Dofetilide | 79 | $9,677 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 218 | $7,658 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 430 | $3,978 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 154 | $2,268 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 369 | $2,128 |
| Spironolactone | 303 | $2,124 |
| Losartan Potassium | 247 | $2,112 |
| Digoxin | 111 | $2,065 |
| Bumetanide | 33 | $1,690 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 48 | $1,674 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $223 | $743,363703 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $75 | $217,092226 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $818 | $95,67268 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $137 | $14,63018 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 20th percentile of 58 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in South Carolina.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Spartanburg
- Michael OquinnSpartanburg$70K
- Asif JafferaniSpartanburg$14K
- Jeffrey WinterfieldCharleston$498K
- Frank CuocoCharleston$306K
- Anne KromanCharleston$279K
- Andrew BrenyoRock Hill$241K
- Joseph ManfrediGreenville$213K
- Michael GoldCharleston$204K
- Sultan SiddiqueColumbia$182K
- Peter NetzlerGreenville$146K
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.