Lawrence Berg, MD
Otolaryngology · Elgin, ILNPI 1205940160
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $3,238 of the $5,093 with a category attached, or 63.6%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 40.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,131 and has fallen 93.4% since, to $140 in 2025.
Across 57 payments — averaging $89.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$265
- Neurent Medical Limited$208
- Sanofi$143
- Aerin Medical Inc.$94
- plus $306 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,23864%
- Food & beverage$1,85536%
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 | 11 | $2,039 |
| Medtronic | 21 | $2,037 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 2 | $265 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 1 | $208 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $143 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 3 | $94 |
| Watermark Medical, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| GSK | 4 | $76 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $39 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $15 |
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
$5,093 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 390 otolaryngology providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 11 | $584 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 24 | $350 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 15 | $128 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 15 | $85 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Elgin
- David ConleyChicago$630K
- Jayant PintoChicago$628K
- Robert KernChicago$610K
- Robert NaclerioBurr Ridge$229K
- Michael HutzOak Park$103K
- Charles WeingartenGlenview$96K
- Victoria LeeChicago$86K
- Louis PortugalChicago$68K
- Dean ToriumiChicago$63K
- Monica PatadiaChicago$56K
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.