Arturo Armendariz
Physician Assistant · San Diego, CANPI 1568488195
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 126 payments — averaging $17.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$355
- Johnson & Johnson$339
- Amgen$312
- AbbVie$262
- Lilly USA, LLC$258
- Mannkind Corporation$161
- plus $518 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,205100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 22 | $355 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 29 | $339 |
| Amgen | 14 | $312 |
| AbbVie | 17 | $262 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $258 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 7 | $161 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 4 | $102 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $58 |
| Abbott | 2 | $53 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $35 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $34 |
| GSK | 1 | $31 |
| Novartis | 2 | $30 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $25 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 5 | $22 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $18 |
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.
- MOUNJARO$116
How this compares
$2,205 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 257 | $212,278 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 122 | $127,453 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 105 | $99,956 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 58 | $84,959 |
| EliquisApixaban | 82 | $79,506 |
| Metformin Er GastricMetformin Hcl | 95 | $70,858 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 43 | $44,413 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 23 | $35,736 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 34 | $35,206 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 235 | $30,318 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 28 | $27,404 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 23 | $23,967 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 48 | $20,509 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 1,299 | $18,938 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 42 | $17,335 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $355 | $212,412180 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $35 | $127,360133 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $339 | $44,41343 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $258 | $35,73623 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $30 | $23,96723 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $22 | $13,03319 claims |
| GSKShingrix | $31 | $4,46022 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 80th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Other physician assistant in San Diego
- Jeremy AdlerSan Diego$82K
- Anne DenslowSan Diego$43K
- Kathryn SmileySan Diego$33K
- John QuigleyDowney$2.9M
- Andrea NguyenIrvine$1M
- Mikhail AlperMadera$889K
- Erin JensenUpland$716K
- Franklin ClineSacramento$458K
- Carla CrespoMarina del Rey$297K
- Katherine OsakiEl Centro$274K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.