Spencer Berthelsen
Internal Medicine · Sugar Land, TXNPI 1295763290
Payments from drug & device makers
$891,083in general payments, 2019–2025
Across 12 payments — averaging $74,257 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$891K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$889,834100%
- Travel & lodging$7980%
- Food & beverage$4020%
- Gifts$500%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $891,083 |
How this compares
$891,083 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.
Other internal medicine in Sugar Land
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- Jan BurgerHouston$47.3M
- Nitin JainHouston$33.2M
- Muhammad IrfanTomball$30.6M
- Aung NaingHouston$30.6M
- Robert BassSan Antonio$25.6M
- Preetesh JainHouston$19.5M
- Paolo StratiHouston$19.2M
- Hernan SalazarSan Antonio$18.5M
- Nicholas ShortHouston$17.6M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.