Stephen Berling, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Hilliard, OHNPI 1467848754
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $2,861 of the $3,803 with a category attached, or 75.2%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by CDC Medical LLC at 47.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,800 and has fallen 90.1% since, to $179 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $3,554.
Across 15 payments — averaging $253.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- CDC Medical LLC$2K
- Goode Surgical Inc$1K
- Stryker$420
- Acumed LLC$181
- Johnson & Johnson$159
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$100
- plus $81 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$94125%
- Education$2,86175%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CDC Medical LLC | 1 | $1,800 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 1 | $1,061 |
| Stryker | 4 | $420 |
| Acumed LLC | 2 | $181 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $159 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Microaire Surgical Instruments LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Vertex | 1 | $30 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$3,803 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 794 orthopaedic surgery providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 29 | $137 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 21 | $82 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 35 | $47 |
| Ibuprofen | 12 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Hilliard
- Robert SteensenHilliard$777K
- Reuben GobezieCleveland$12M
- Gregory BerletWorthington$9.6M
- Wael BarsoumCleveland$8.9M
- Brian CohenChillicothe$8.8M
- Joseph IannottiCleveland$7.1M
- John SontichYoungstown$3.6M
- Anthony MiniaciCleveland$3.1M
- David WelkerMiamisburg$2.8M
- Kenneth GreeneCleveland$2.6M
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.