Susan Probst
Obstetrics & Gynecology · West Reading, PANPI 1538197348
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 125 payments — averaging $24.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$878
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$525
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$375
- Novo Nordisk$342
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$139
- Pfizer$82
- plus $665 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,87396%
- Education$943%
- Other$391%
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 | 32 | $878 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 16 | $525 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 22 | $375 |
| Novo Nordisk | 19 | $342 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 2 | $139 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $82 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $76 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 4 | $74 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Acessa Health Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Bluewind Medical | 1 | $46 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $43 |
| Organon | 2 | $42 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $39 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $30 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $19 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $13 |
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
$3,006 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,711 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Pennsylvania.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 16 | $765 |
| Fluconazole | 14 | $69 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride | 11 | $31 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in West Reading
- Christopher PughWest Reading$105K
- Kirthik ParthasarathyWest Reading$103K
- Xuezhi JiangWest Reading$74K
- Marvin KalaferJenkintown$4.6M
- Catherine ChappellPittsburgh$4.3M
- Stephen KlaskoPhiladelphia$2.2M
- Robert EdwardsPittsburgh$1.9M
- Stephanie SoberPhiladelphia$1.8M
- Michael ScutellaErie$1.7M
- Sarah TaylorPittsburgh$1.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.