Steven Berlin, MD
Gynecology · Towson, MDNPI 1568428522
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,439 of the $5,301 with a category attached, or 83.7%. It is spread thinly across 38 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,320 and has fallen 92.7% since, to $97 in 2025.
Across 245 payments — averaging $21.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Intuitive Surgical$829
- AbbVie$713
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$362
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$247
- Pfizer$199
- plus $2K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$82916%
- Food & beverage$4,43984%
- Education$331%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 63 | $1,175 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 4 | $829 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 42 | $713 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 18 | $362 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 12 | $247 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $199 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 9 | $190 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 10 | $180 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 8 | $168 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 7 | $125 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 6 | $115 |
| Millicent US Inc | 6 | $98 |
| Renovia Inc | 2 | $69 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $61 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 4 | $60 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $53 |
| Bayer | 3 | $52 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $50 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $42 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Amgen | 2 | $41 |
| Corium, LLC | 2 | $40 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Merck | 2 | $33 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Organon | 1 | $28 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $22 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Lupin Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $17 |
| Channel Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $17 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $14 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 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.
How this compares
$5,301 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 79 gynecology providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 40 | $2,877 |
| Tolterodine Tartrate ErTolterodine Tartrate | 21 | $2,550 |
| Ibandronate Sodium | 31 | $1,395 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 12 | $1,133 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 12 | $230 |
| NitrofurantoinNitrofurantoin Macrocrystal | 14 | $213 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gynecology in Towson
- Vadim MorozovBaltimore$394K
- Andrew LondonLutherville$335K
- Richard MarvelAnnapolis$40K
- Ann PetersBaltimore$25K
- David ZisowForest Hill$24K
- Hector Gonzalez GarciaAnnapolis$23K
- Farinaz SeifiBaltimore$17K
- Christine HelouBaltimore$11K
- Ronald OrleansBethesda$8K
- Parabhdeep GillAnnapolis$7K
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.