Gwendolyn Cobbs, MD
Gynecology · Myrtle Beach, SCNPI 1295794386
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $436 of the $682 with a category attached, or 63.9%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Astellas Pharma US Inc at 39.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $249 and has fallen 88.2% since, to $29 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for gynecology clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $682.
Across 27 payments — averaging $25.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$269
- AbbVie$216
- Bayer$36
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$34
- Duchesnay USA Incorporated$23
- Merck$19
- plus $85 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$43664%
- Education$24636%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $269 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 11 | $216 |
| Bayer | 2 | $36 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $16 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Organon | 1 | $16 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $12 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$682 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 39 gynecology providers in South Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| YuvafemEstradiol | 25 | $4,832 |
| Estradiol | 25 | $2,147 |
| Estradiol (Twice Weekly)Estradiol | 14 | $1,830 |
| Estradiol (Once Weekly)Estradiol | 14 | $1,303 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 35 | $1,171 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 15 | $702 |
| Metronidazole | 26 | $678 |
| Terconazole | 15 | $434 |
| Nystatin | 23 | $269 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gynecology in Myrtle Beach
- Andrea PezzellaWest Columbia$99K
- Albert OdomColumbia$26K
- Caroline FeltySimpsonville$7K
- Adrienne EllisSimpsonville$6K
- Claude TolbertBluffton$3K
- Elaine EustisMt. Pleasant$3K
- Courtney PostonCharleston$3K
- Rhonda LeachMount Pleasant$2K
- Cindy BessonAiken$2K
- Edmund RhettMt Pleasant$2K
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.