Karin Spears, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Louisville, CONPI 1689621815
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 143 payments — averaging $20.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$626
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$317
- Bayer$243
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$241
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$145
- Coopersurgical, Inc.$116
- plus $1K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,978100%
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) | 36 | $626 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 8 | $317 |
| Bayer | 11 | $243 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 11 | $241 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 8 | $145 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 7 | $116 |
| Channel Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 4 | $105 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $84 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 4 | $78 |
| Organon | 4 | $75 |
| Merck | 5 | $73 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 3 | $53 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $43 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $38 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Lupin Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $28 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $23 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $23 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $21 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 1 | $20 |
| Medicem Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $17 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Abbott | 1 | $16 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, 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.
- BIJUVA$100
How this compares
$2,978 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 705 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 16 | $568 |
| Acetazolamide | 11 | $388 |
| Primidone | 11 | $96 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Louisville
- Alison CowanLouisville$32K
- Stephanie TealAurora$878K
- Lori WittmanGrand Junction$449K
- John CraneLoveland$415K
- Rebecca CohenAurora$380K
- Jennifer GrubeLakewood$376K
- Kelle OberleLakewood$317K
- Kristina TocceDenver$315K
- James LukbanEnglewood$175K
- Michael JohnsonLakewood$143K
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.