Chikara Foster-Rettig
Obstetrics · Austin, TXNPI 1548798697
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.9%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 36 manufacturers reported payments, led by Applied Medical Resources Corporation at 27.8% of the total.
Across 123 payments — averaging $38.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Applied Medical Resources Corporation$1K
- Mimedx Group, Inc.$800
- AbbVie$303
- Pfizer$241
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$189
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$187
- plus $2K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$97521%
- Travel & lodging$1,07723%
- Food & beverage$2,59855%
- Education$852%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 6 | $1,318 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 3 | $800 |
| AbbVie | 17 | $303 |
| Pfizer | 16 | $241 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 3 | $189 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 7 | $187 |
| Organon | 9 | $147 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $144 |
| Gynesonics, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Monaghan Medical Corporation | 3 | $111 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 4 | $108 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 7 | $107 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $99 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 4 | $79 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $65 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $63 |
| Millicent US Inc | 3 | $60 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $54 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $50 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $36 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $32 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 2 | $32 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $31 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Meditrina | 1 | $18 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Bayer | 1 | $15 |
| BD | 1 | $15 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 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
$4,735 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 85 obstetrics providers in Texas.
Other obstetrics in Austin
- Lisa BourbeauAustin$11K
- Erica GarzaAustin$9K
- Caroline CohenAustin$8K
- Crystal Berry-RobertsAustin$7K
- Amanda DisarroAustin$5K
- Kayle SessionsAustin$1K
- Hearther DaleyMcAllen$57K
- Sara MoufarrijHouston$52K
- Rene PerezSan Antonio$20K
- Heather NevilleFort Worth$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.