Kristen Costa
Physician Assistant · Tallahassee, FLNPI 1811102494
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $59,410 of the $80,567 with a category attached, or 73.7%. AbbVie accounts for 99.3% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among physician assistant clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 224 payments — averaging $359.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$80K
- Organogenesis Inc.$173
- Novo Nordisk$121
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$99
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$79
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$46
- plus $76 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5001%
- Speaking & faculty fees$59,41074%
- Travel & lodging$15,18119%
- Food & beverage$5,4767%
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) | 198 | $79,973 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 7 | $173 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $121 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 7 | $99 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 5 | $79 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $46 |
| Vertex | 1 | $21 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $19 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $16 |
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.
How this compares
$80,567 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 8,062 physician assistant providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 39 | $215 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 27 | $44 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 22 | $38 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Tallahassee
- Audrey BeckerSt Augustine$689K
- Kevin WilliamsTampa$647K
- Brian BonomoLecanto$559K
- Melissa SingletonOcala$482K
- Reeli ReinuMaitland$427K
- Jeanelle KingMiami$424K
- Risha BellomoOrlando$397K
- Jason BergerClearwater$344K
- Ashley MillerGainesville$328K
- Nicole HillOrlando$319K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.