Joseph Berger, MD
Otolaryngology · Thomasville, GANPI 1437251410
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 28 payments — averaging $83.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Medtronic$188
- Acclarent, Inc$71
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$22
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$18
- Neurent Medical Limited$17
- plus $22 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,53466%
- Food & beverage$78534%
- Education$181%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 16 | $2,001 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $188 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 3 | $71 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 1 | $17 |
| GSK | 1 | $13 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$1,185
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$620
- ENTELLUS - FOCESS HD WIRELESS CAMERA$517
- ENTELLUS - ENTELLUS MEDICAL SHAVER SYSTEM$517
How this compares
$2,337 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 308 otolaryngology providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 38 | $189,789 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 30 | $1,955 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 64 | $1,691 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 38 | $945 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 36 | $711 |
| Omeprazole | 21 | $557 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-HcNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Hydrocort | 11 | $542 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 27 | $406 |
| Ofloxacin | 19 | $394 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 12 | $284 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 20 | $237 |
| Methylprednisolone | 28 | $233 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 14 | $232 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 20 | $232 |
| Famotidine | 19 | $165 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Thomasville
- John TrimbleAcworth$1.1M
- Dozier HoodFayetteville$715K
- Ramie TrittAtlanta$640K
- Howard HermanStockbridge$325K
- Christopher MelroySavannah$298K
- Karen HoffmannAtlanta$267K
- Jose StolovitzkyAtlanta$106K
- Jonathan LindmanEvans$55K
- Camilo Reyes-GelvesAugusta$41K
- Gregory PostmaAugusta$37K
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.