Keith Beiermeister, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · la Jolla, CANPI 1508002775
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (44.2%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cardinal Health 200 LLC at 36.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,398 and has fallen 86.3% since, to $738 in 2025.
Across 63 payments — averaging $205.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cardinal Health 200 LLC$5K
- Merck$3K
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Medtronic$994
- Kerecis Limited$690
- Johnson & Johnson$344
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,72544%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,52019%
- Travel & lodging$6105%
- Food & beverage$3,96931%
- Education$1101%
- Gifts$90%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $4,750 |
| Merck | 6 | $2,709 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 19 | $2,437 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $994 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $690 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $344 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $275 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $183 |
| Cook Biotech Incorporated | 1 | $158 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $53 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Histosonics, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $29 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $25 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- ENTEREG$2,622
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,913
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$1,812
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$949
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$690
- AIRSEAL$145
- ECHELON FLEX CST System$118
- Echelon Powered Circular$118
- AQUACEL$104
How this compares
$12,942 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 176 colon & rectal surgery providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 13 | $563 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 13 | $65 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 14 | $29 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 11 | $9 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in la Jolla
- Robert Brookoverla Jolla$22K
- Lynn Westonla Jolla$17K
- Sang LeeLos Angeles$2.4M
- Pamela LeeSan Diego$544K
- Elizabeth RaskinSacramento$126K
- Shohrat AnnaberdyevRoseville$101K
- Alessio PigazziLos Angeles$100K
- Joseph CarmichaelOrange$99K
- Phillip FleshnerWest Hollywood$95K
- Zuri MurrellBeverly Hills$86K
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.