Alberto de Armendi
Anesthesiology · Oklahoma City, OKNPI 1750384947
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,465 of the $4,027 with a category attached, or 61.2%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 40.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,050 and has fallen 98.2% since, to $55 in 2024. Among anesthesiology clinicians in OK 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 31 payments — averaging $129.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$2K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$500
- Pfizer$247
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$132
- Masimo Corporation$35
Across 69 payments — averaging $9882.62 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.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$423K
- Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA$248K
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$9K
- Merck$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$50012%
- Travel & lodging$2,46561%
- Food & beverage$1,06226%
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 | 11 | $1,609 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 14 | $1,504 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $500 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $247 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $132 |
| Masimo Corporation | 2 | $35 |
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.
- BRIDION$1,360
- EXPAREL$1,145
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$500
- PRECEDEX$247
How this compares
$4,027 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 476 anesthesiology providers in Oklahoma.
Other anesthesiology in Oklahoma City
- Garrett WrightOklahoma City$73K
- Kenichi TanakaOklahoma City$68K
- Robert SchoapsOklahoma City$54K
- Michael ElderOklahoma City$8K
- Brad StarkeyOklahoma City$8K
- George SmithOklahoma City$6K
- Chun KwanOklahoma City$6K
- Kofi VandyckOklahoma City$4K
- James SweetOklahoma City$4K
- Jennifer HolemanOklahoma City$4K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.