Claudia Costa, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Saint Joseph, MONPI 1902839855
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $10,000 of the $16,104 with a category attached, or 62.1%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 92.9% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $10,348 and has fallen 98.3% since, to $175 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in MO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 78 payments — averaging $206.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$15K
- Boston Scientific$506
- AbbVie$185
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$114
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$104
- Biogen$53
- plus $185 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,27127%
- Food & beverage$1,83311%
- Education$10,00062%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 43 | $14,959 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $506 |
| AbbVie | 9 | $185 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $114 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 5 | $104 |
| Biogen | 2 | $53 |
| Bayer | 2 | $34 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $20 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Medicem Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $11 |
| Organon | 1 | $9 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$13,081
- DAVINCI XI$1,000
- Solyx SIS System$482
How this compares
$16,104 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 750 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Missouri.
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 | 11 | $529 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Saint Joseph
- James LynchSaint Joseph$8K
- Brooke SeeversSaint Joseph$7K
- Thomas ShultzSpringfield$1.1M
- Becky LynnSaint Louis$231K
- Timothy HallIndependence$172K
- Craig McCoyMoberly$101K
- Richard GutknechtIndependence$65K
- Amanda CarrollFestus$55K
- Amy CarterKansas City$49K
- Megan SneedLees Summit$44K
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.