Robert Klein, MD
Urology · Northridge, CANPI 1386715498
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 97 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 28.6% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for urology clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $2,485.
Across 97 payments — averaging $21.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$604
- Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.$381
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$216
- Blue Earth Diagnostics$131
- Gilead$120
- Telix Pharmaceuticals$81
- plus $580 from 18 others
Across 48 payments — averaging $11,937 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.
- AbbVie$573K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,112100%
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 | 30 | $604 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 18 | $381 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 11 | $216 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 5 | $131 |
| Gilead | 1 | $120 |
| Telix Pharmaceuticals | 3 | $81 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $64 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $55 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $52 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $33 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp. | 1 | $25 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $18 |
| Avadel Specialty Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 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
$2,112 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 1,324 urology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 42 | $46,745 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 33 | $30,803 |
| XyostedTestosterone Enanthate | 19 | $11,545 |
| Silodosin | 105 | $11,085 |
| Fosfomycin Tromethamine | 31 | $6,749 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 386 | $5,745 |
| Testosterone | 18 | $3,351 |
| Finasteride | 240 | $2,919 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 29 | $1,837 |
| Tadalafil | 33 | $1,377 |
| Estradiol | 20 | $1,002 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 22 | $823 |
| Dutasteride | 29 | $599 |
| Bicalutamide | 21 | $492 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 19 | $410 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $216 | $46,74542 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $44 | $30,80333 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 45th percentile of 1,324 urology providers in California.
Other urology in Northridge
- Stephen FreedlandWest Hollywood$1.9M
- Arie BelldegrunLos Angeles$1.8M
- Mihir DesaiLos Angeles$1.5M
- Steven WilsonIndio$1.1M
- Stuart HoldenLos Angeles$1.1M
- Elward CrawfordSan Diego$849K
- Edward UchioOrange$849K
- Victor ChingUpland$809K
- Jaime LandmanOrange$657K
- William AronsonLos Angeles$540K
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.