Avelino Garcia, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Odessa, TXNPI 1497801476
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $772 of the $871 with a category attached, or 88.6%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Astellas Pharma US Inc at 34.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $373 and has fallen 95.8% since, to $16 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $863.
Across 37 payments — averaging $23.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$299
- Bayer$178
- Intuitive Surgical$122
- Organon$42
- AbbVie$41
- Duchesnay USA Incorporated$37
- plus $152 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$77289%
- Education$9911%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 9 | $299 |
| Bayer | 10 | $178 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $122 |
| Organon | 3 | $42 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $41 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 2 | $37 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $33 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| Lupin Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$871 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 3,099 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Texas.
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 | 22 | $1,220 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 13 | $64 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Odessa
- Christopher MaguireOdessa$37K
- Devin GarzaAustin$2M
- Shawn TassoneAustin$1.3M
- Dale StovallDallas$590K
- Karyn-Anne CumberbatchMissouri City$452K
- Robert AsgharianEl Paso$366K
- Catherine HansenWebster$357K
- Lisa JukesBee Cave$270K
- Susan CrockettLive Oak$269K
- Henry Garza IiiSan Antonio$258K
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.