Who Paid My Doc
Richard Bernstein
Vascular Neurology Chicago, IL Medical Doctor
NPI 1164498614 CMS profile 143234
259 E Erie St Ste 1900, Chicago, IL 60611
General payments
$113,897
Research payments
$1,063
Ownership & investment interest
$0
Research they led as principal investigator
$10,406
Through program year 2025, Richard Bernstein of Chicago, IL is reported in the CMS Open Payments database as having received $113,897 across 97 general payments and $1,063 in research payments paid to them. Separately, studies naming them as principal investigator received $10,406 in research payments, paid to institutions rather than to them.
No combined total General, research and ownership are kept apart. Each is reported under its own rules, and ownership is not money that moved at all but the value of a stake held. A meal, a clinical trial grant and a shareholding do not add up to anything meaningful, so this site does not add them. The principal-investigator line is research money paid to institutions for studies they led — not to them — and is not added to anything either.
General payments for this record sit in the 96th percentile of Vascular Neurology profiles with reported payments. Percentile describes the distribution, not the conduct.
By program year
8 rows| Year | Kind | Relative to this record's peak year | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | General | $18,000 | 2 | |
| 2023 | General | $7,124 | 12 | |
| 2022 | General | $5,550 | 3 | |
| 2022 | Research | $438 | 2 | |
| 2021 | General | $17,761 | 12 | |
| 2021 | Research | $625 | 1 | |
| 2020 | General | $15,072 | 7 | |
| 2019 | General | $50,391 | 61 |
Beside peers
- Richard Bernstein
- Vascular Neurology median
- Middle half of Vascular Neurology
- National median
In program year 2025, general payments to Richard Bernstein were reported at $18,000. Among 416 Vascular Neurology profiles paid that year, the median was $360 and the middle half received between $91 and $1,472.
Show as a table
| Year | Richard Bernstein | Vascular Neurology median | Middle half | National median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $50,391 | $263 | $102–$1,640 | $163 |
| 2020 | $15,072 | $153 | $45–$1,000 | $114 |
| 2021 | $17,761 | $261 | $100–$1,355 | $132 |
| 2022 | $5,550 | $242 | $87–$1,273 | $149 |
| 2023 | $7,124 | $322 | $97–$1,266 | $160 |
| 2024 | $0 | $247 | $70–$1,053 | $164 |
| 2025 | $18,000 | $360 | $91–$1,472 | $169 |
Breakdown
A payment can name more than one product, so these amounts overlap and do not add up to the general-payment figure.
Prescribing to Medicare patients
Part D · data year 2024 · 10 drugsPart D claims
533
Drug cost
$181,444
Branded share of claims
62.1%
| Drug | Type | Relative to their largest | Claims | Drug cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliquis Apixaban | Brand | 142 | $138,700 | |
| Xarelto Rivaroxaban | Brand | 38 | $26,470 | |
| Brilinta Ticagrelor | Brand | 13 | $5,941 | |
| Aspirin-Dipyridamole Er Aspirin/Dipyridamole | Brand | 33 | $5,341 | |
| Clopidogrel Clopidogrel Bisulfate | Brand | 105 | $1,712 | |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | Generic | 69 | $1,007 | |
| Levetiracetam | Generic | 41 | $938 | |
| Pregabalin | Generic | 39 | $612 | |
| Gabapentin | Generic | 32 | $371 | |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | Generic | 21 | $354 |
Drug cost is what was paid for the drugs at the pharmacy — by Medicare, the patient and others — and is not money to the prescriber. Medicare Part D only: drugs dispensed to Medicare beneficiaries. A drug with fewer than 11 claims for this prescriber is not published, so a missing drug does not mean zero. The medians are for the 13,695 Part D prescribers listed as Neurology; they describe a distribution and say nothing about conduct.
Billing to Medicare
Part B · data year 2024 · 17 billing codesPaid by Medicare
$78,917
Medicare patients
503
Services billed
648
| Condition among their Medicare patients | Relative to the most common | Share of patients |
|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure | 75% | |
| Arthritis | 48% | |
| Ischemic heart disease | 42% | |
| Diabetes | 35% | |
| Atrial fibrillation | 31% | |
| Chronic kidney disease | 31% | |
| Heart failure | 27% | |
| Depression | 25% |
Medicare Part B only: services billed to Medicare. Rows covering fewer than 11 beneficiaries are not published. Only drugs given in the clinic are itemised here; the rest of what this provider billed is in the total above.
Records
100 reportedEvery payment, record by record
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How to read this page
What each amount means, and what it does not mean.
What this means
U.S. law requires drug and medical device manufacturers to report payments and transfers of value they make to physicians and teaching hospitals. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services publishes that record each year. This page shows what was reported about this person, and nothing else.
An ownership interest is different from the other two. It is not a payment: it is a stake — shares, options, a partnership holding — that a physician or an immediate family member held in a manufacturer during that year. The figure shown is what the stake was reported to be worth.
Research payments frequently pass through a clinician to the institution running a trial, and rarely represent personal income. They should be read differently from general payments.