Karen Allsup
Obstetrics & Gynecology · New Braunfels, TXNPI 1871521823
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $4,879 of the $8,050 with a category attached, or 60.6%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 68.2% of it on its own, with 24 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,855 and has fallen 52.5% since, to $1,832 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 120 payments — averaging $67.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$5K
- Merz North America, Inc.$793
- AbbVie$716
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$229
- Pfizer$97
- Myovant Sciences Inc.$95
- plus $628 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6098%
- Food & beverage$2,56232%
- Education$4,87961%
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 | 10 | $5,492 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 15 | $793 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 36 | $716 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 12 | $229 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $97 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 4 | $95 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 5 | $93 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 6 | $86 |
| Organon | 6 | $77 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $38 |
| Lupin Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $30 |
| BD | 1 | $26 |
| Vertex | 1 | $26 |
| Acessa Health Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 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.
- DAVINCI XI$4,500
- Da Vinci Surgical System$850
How this compares
$8,050 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 3,099 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Texas.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in New Braunfels
- Devin GarzaAustin$2M
- Shawn TassoneAustin$1.3M
- Dale StovallDallas$590K
- Karyn-Anne CumberbatchMissouri City$452K
- Robert AsgharianEl Paso$366K
- Catherine HansenWebster$357K
- Lisa JukesBee Cave$270K
- Susan CrockettLive Oak$269K
- Henry Garza IiiSan Antonio$258K
- Rene LunaMcAllen$257K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.