Sue Espinal, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Akron, OHNPI 1811961931
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $501 of the $595 with a category attached, or 84.2%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 44.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $426 and has fallen 93.3% since, to $28 in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $509.
Across 36 payments — averaging $16.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$265
- AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$94
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$79
- Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.$41
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$20
- Lupin Inc.$18
- plus $78 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$50184%
- Education$9416%
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) | 16 | $265 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $94 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 3 | $79 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $20 |
| Lupin Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Bayer | 1 | $13 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $11 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$595 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 1,376 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Ohio.
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 | 41 | $3,747 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 27 | $501 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 13 | $291 |
| Fluconazole | 25 | $149 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 12 | $53 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Akron
- Samir AhujaMentor$430K
- Burton BrodskySylvania$202K
- Sandor MecsSteubenville$190K
- David SchwartzCincinnati$169K
- Erin OlahColumbus$97K
- David PortmanColumbus$94K
- Anita SomaniColumbus$93K
- Lorie Thomas-SchultzFindlay$92K
- Oluwatosin GojeCleveland$81K
- Gerard ReillyCincinnati$74K
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.