Richard Berger
Orthopaedic Surgery · Chicago, ILNPI 1982683694
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $600,538 of the $617,538 with a category attached, or 97.2%. Microport Orthopedics Inc accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery 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 48 payments — averaging $12,865 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Microport Orthopedics Inc$617K
- Conformis, Inc.$21
- Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited$18
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$600,53897%
- Consulting fees$13,8002%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,3000%
- Food & beverage$9000%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 46 | $617,499 |
| Conformis, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 1 | $18 |
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.
- MPO Hip System$611,291
- MPO Medial Pivot Knee$5,981
How this compares
$617,538 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 844 orthopaedic surgery providers in Illinois.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 612 | $7,147 |
| Scopolamine | 59 | $2,572 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 193 | $2,464 |
| Tranexamic Acid | 162 | $2,393 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 173 | $2,369 |
| Celecoxib | 66 | $2,161 |
| Cefadroxil | 200 | $1,919 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 81 | $1,715 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 42 | $1,289 |
| Amoxicillin | 474 | $978 |
| Azithromycin | 122 | $445 |
| Tramadol Hcl ErTramadol Hcl | 13 | $396 |
| Pregabalin | 85 | $351 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 24 | $159 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 24 | $100 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Chicago
- Aaron RosenbergChicago$12.4M
- Anish KadakiaChicago$2.1M
- Wellington HsuChicago$1.7M
- Ken YamaguchiChicago$1.7M
- Guido MarraChicago$1.2M
- Hue LuuChicago$1.1M
- Alpesh PatelChicago$917K
- Samuel StulbergChicago$852K
- Ari KazChicago$343K
- Steven GitelisChicago$324K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.