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David Blumberg

Surgery · Oakland, CA

NPI 1295890440

$332.00

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

6 companies · $173 in 2025

The $173 reported for 2025 was less than what a typical Surgery provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $281).

Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Food and Beverage$172.50

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Ethicon US, LLC $128.81 2019-2022
Abbvie INC. $105.87 2025
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $47.24 2025
Optinose US, INC. $19.39 2025
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., INC. $17.30 2021
Daiichi Sankyo INC. $13.39 2022

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

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Payment summary

David Blumberg

$332.00

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Ethicon US, LLC
Context
The $173 reported for 2025 was less than what a typical Surgery provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $281).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.