Charles Herbst
Rheumatology · Erie, PANPI 1437145737
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $27,613 of the $32,199 with a category attached, or 85.8%. AbbVie accounts for 93.7% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $28,208 and has fallen 98.7% since, to $357 in 2021.
Across 212 payments — averaging $151.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$30K
- Johnson & Johnson$835
- Amgen$335
- Pfizer$249
- GSK$160
- Novartis$142
- plus $298 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$27,61386%
- Travel & lodging$1,5075%
- Food & beverage$3,07910%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 57 | $30,181 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 78 | $835 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 20 | $335 |
| Pfizer | 24 | $249 |
| GSK | 8 | $160 |
| Novartis | 8 | $142 |
| UCB, Inc. | 6 | $102 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $52 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $44 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $17 |
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
$32,199 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 351 rheumatology providers in Pennsylvania.
Other rheumatology in Erie
- Alan EpsteinPhiladelphia$1.2M
- Lawrence LeventhalHuntingdon Valley$1.1M
- Alan KivitzDuncansville$936K
- Paula HerringNewtown Square$920K
- Rohit AggarwalPittsburgh$810K
- Frederick MurphyDuncansville$494K
- Peter MerkelRadnor$479K
- Martin BergmanRidley Park$458K
- Alexis Ogdie-BeattyPhiladelphia$433K
- Ellen FieldBethlehem$418K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.