Scott Berman, MD
Vascular Surgery · Tuscon, AZNPI 1811004435
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (54.4%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 39 manufacturers reported payments, led by Silk Road Medical, Inc. at 42.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $37,048 and has fallen 57.0% since, to $15,922 in 2025. Among vascular surgery clinicians in AZ 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 529 payments — averaging $283.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$64K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$30K
- Bolton Medical Inc$20K
- Cook Incorporated$10K
- Penumbra, Inc.$9K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$5K
- plus $12K from 33 others
Across 30 payments — averaging $5058.14 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$94K
- Bolton Medical Inc$30K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$28K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$81,62254%
- Speaking & faculty fees$33,35022%
- Travel & lodging$12,0798%
- Food & beverage$22,16315%
- Education$8381%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 98 | $63,940 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 109 | $30,122 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 41 | $20,462 |
| Cook Incorporated | 5 | $9,592 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 46 | $9,122 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 14 | $4,832 |
| Abbott | 77 | $2,537 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 34 | $1,698 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 30 | $1,114 |
| BD | 2 | $794 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 2 | $788 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 3 | $712 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 7 | $689 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $465 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 5 | $385 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 3 | $287 |
| Intact Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $259 |
| Teleflex LLC | 3 | $237 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $230 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $194 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 4 | $175 |
| Stryker | 5 | $162 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $144 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $141 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $132 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $122 |
| Thrombolex, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $82 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $81 |
| Catheter Precision, Inc. FKA Ra Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $60 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 1 | $25 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$89,614
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$35,057
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$33,231
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$33,231
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$29,678
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$26,704
- GORE ACUSEAL Vascular Graft$17,611
- RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM$11,300
- Indigo System$8,440
- Cook Medical AFEN$8,100
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$7,914
- GORE PROPATEN Vascular Graft$6,371
- ENROUTE .014 Guidewire$1,826
- Cook Medical Zenith$1,424
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$1,189
- Product in Development$1,140
- HeRO Graft$788
- PREVENA$730
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$646
- Sublime 014 Rx PTA Balloon Dilatation Catheter$616
How this compares
$150,052 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 105 vascular surgery providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 39 | $33,504 |
| EliquisApixaban | 17 | $10,507 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 202 | $2,369 |
| Cilostazol | 95 | $1,628 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 22 | $238 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 14 | $189 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 13 | $75 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 18 | $75 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $60 | $33,50439 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $132 | $10,50717 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 95th percentile of 105 vascular surgery providers in Arizona.
Other vascular surgery in Tuscon
- Venkatesh RamaiahScottsdale$452K
- Jeromy BrinkPhoenix$392K
- Luis LeonPhoenix$185K
- Hammad AmerMesa$169K
- Baljeet UppalSun City$166K
- Martin ZomayaPhoenix$139K
- Joshua BaldermanTucson$135K
- John PacanowskiTucson$85K
- Joseph VijungcoChandler$63K
- Hasan AldailamiScottsdale$55K
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.