Kathyrn Santoro, MD
Obstetrics · Birmingham, ALNPI 1861792913
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.4% of the total across 153 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 32.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $598 and has fallen 81.5% since, to $111 in 2025.
Across 153 payments — averaging $14.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$727
- Evofem Biosciences, Inc.$225
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$195
- Conmed Corporation$107
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$73
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$73
- plus $856 from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,22098%
- Education$372%
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) | 43 | $727 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 28 | $225 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 12 | $195 |
| Conmed Corporation | 6 | $107 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 7 | $73 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Bayer | 5 | $71 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $63 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 3 | $56 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 4 | $48 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $46 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $40 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $37 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Lupin Inc. | 3 | $35 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $34 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $31 |
| Monaghan Medical Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Millicent US Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Myriad Women's Health, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $15 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 1 | $15 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Amgen | 1 | $13 |
| Meditrina | 1 | $13 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
Too few obstetrics providers in Alabamato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 | 70 | $3,170 |
| Tolterodine Tartrate ErTolterodine Tartrate | 13 | $1,971 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 18 | $1,291 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 15 | $827 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics in Birmingham
- Jack FreemanBirmingham$6K
- Erin ShowalterBirmingham$5K
- John MorganBirmingham$4K
- Zachary GentryBirmingham$109
- Felicia Beth StellaMobile$8K
- Valerie WaddellMontgomery$6K
- Kenneth FarmerDothan$3K
- Melvin ThornburyAlbertville$2K
- Alison HollisFairhope$1K
- Lisa ChristianSheffield$610
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.