Denise Meckler
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Saint Louis, MONPI 1356413876
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 245 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 31.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,485 and has fallen 84.1% since, to $236 in 2025.
Across 245 payments — averaging $18.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Organon$340
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$320
- Bayer$298
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$195
- Coopersurgical, Inc.$190
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,469100%
- Education$130%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 70 | $1,405 |
| Organon | 10 | $340 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 16 | $320 |
| Bayer | 18 | $298 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 12 | $195 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 5 | $190 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 11 | $189 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $183 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 11 | $149 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 10 | $145 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 7 | $122 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $117 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 7 | $99 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 6 | $87 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $80 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| Merck | 5 | $67 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 3 | $47 |
| Lupin Inc. | 4 | $46 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $40 |
| Meditrina | 2 | $40 |
| Amgen | 2 | $38 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $37 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 2 | $26 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 2 | $24 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $20 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $18 |
| BD | 1 | $17 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $16 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $15 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $11 |
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.
- UBRELVY$223
- Summit Doppler$120
- JADA SYSTEM$118
- INJECTAFER$113
How this compares
$4,482 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 750 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Missouri.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Saint Louis
- Becky LynnSaint Louis$231K
- Kimberly LemoineSaint Louis$30K
- Kaci DurbinSaint Louis$14K
- Wendi CarnsSaint Louis$14K
- Melissa TepeSaint Louis$11K
- Makeba WilliamsSaint Louis$10K
- David WeinsteinSaint Louis$10K
- Jill ScherbelSaint Louis$9K
- Jennifer SmithSaint Louis$8K
- Juliana VerticchioSaint Louis$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.