Mark Spitzer, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · New Hyde Park, NYNPI 1306819438
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (50.4%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 47.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $10,365 and has fallen 75.3% since, to $2,555 in 2022. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in NY 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 36 payments — averaging $664.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$11K
- Gen-probe, Inc.$7K
- Scynexis, Inc.$4K
- Hologic Inc$1K
- Agile Therapeutics, Inc.$158
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$155
- plus $55 from 2 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $11,540 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Scynexis, Inc.$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,05350%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,94042%
- Travel & lodging$1,3346%
- Food & beverage$5842%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 8 | $11,384 |
| Gen-probe, Inc. | 4 | $6,891 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 9 | $3,955 |
| Hologic Inc | 1 | $1,313 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $158 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 7 | $155 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $41 |
| Dysis Medical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- GARDASIL$9,244
- GARDASIL 9$2,065
- Twirla$123
How this compares
$23,911 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,673 obstetrics & gynecology providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pimecrolimus | 11 | $3,498 |
| Tacrolimus | 31 | $3,119 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 69 | $3,026 |
| Estradiol | 39 | $2,892 |
| Gabapentin | 34 | $451 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 11 | $315 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 13 | $244 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 11 | $215 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 12 | $212 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 25 | $123 |
| Fluconazole | 26 | $84 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in New Hyde Park
- Mary PolanNew York$862K
- Steven GoldsteinNew York$551K
- Veronica LernerNew York$368K
- Lisa EngNew York$219K
- Theodore GoldmanEast Northport$213K
- Miriam CremerBrooklyn$196K
- Rachel MaschNew York$187K
- Amy PollackNew York$184K
- Jian Qun HuangNew York$160K
- Carolyn WesthoffNew York$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.