Caitlin Ghilarducci
Physician Assistant · Bakersfield, CANPI 1770098865
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 447 payments — averaging $23.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Incyte Corporation$635
- Amgen$610
- UCB, Inc.$540
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$494
- plus $3K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$10,02397%
- Education$3063%
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 | 145 | $3,389 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 69 | $1,455 |
| Incyte Corporation | 27 | $635 |
| Amgen | 23 | $610 |
| UCB, Inc. | 21 | $540 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 22 | $494 |
| Sanofi | 14 | $418 |
| Novartis | 14 | $320 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 14 | $311 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 11 | $276 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 13 | $258 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 11 | $223 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 8 | $209 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 7 | $135 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $132 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $129 |
| Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc. | 7 | $117 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $116 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 5 | $104 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 4 | $79 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $78 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Almirall LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| LNHC, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Organon | 1 | $20 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $19 |
| Krystal Biotech Inc | 1 | $16 |
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
$10,329 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Fluorouracil | 31 | $2,653 |
| Fluocinonide | 46 | $2,070 |
| Ketoconazole | 63 | $867 |
| Metronidazole | 12 | $854 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 70 | $649 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 24 | $539 |
| Cephalexin | 108 | $361 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 13 | $356 |
| Betamethasone Valerate | 13 | $304 |
| Mupirocin | 37 | $216 |
| Minocycline Hcl | 12 | $159 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 13 | $121 |
| Hydrocortisone | 12 | $50 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Bakersfield
- Anita GarrettBakersfield$41K
- 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
- Shawna JonesFountain Valley$266K
- Heather AustinSalinas$219K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.