Aluvia Escalante
Pediatrics · Tucson, AZNPI 1932461886
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 127 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 15 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among pediatrics clinicians in AZ 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 127 payments — averaging $18.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$403
- Merck$399
- Boston Scientific$335
- GSK$250
- Pfizer$249
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$203
- plus $489 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,327100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 27 | $403 |
| Merck | 24 | $399 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $335 |
| GSK | 14 | $250 |
| Pfizer | 18 | $249 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 11 | $203 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 11 | $155 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $91 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 5 | $91 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $23 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Phadia US 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.
How this compares
$2,327 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,073 pediatrics providers in Arizona.
Other pediatrics in Tucson
- Andrew ArthurTucson$125K
- Rajiv ModakTucson$12K
- Beth SachrisonTucson$3K
- Keith DveirinTucson$3K
- Zebulon DelpTucson$3K
- Samantha MansfieldTucson$2K
- Sierra WensmanTucson$2K
- Acacia PackerTucson$2K
- Curtis JohnsonTucson$2K
- Catherine GioannettiTucson$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.