Carlos Buitrago
Gastroenterology · Rialto, CANPI 1710481445
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 75 payments — averaging $34.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$671
- Gilead$502
- Boston Scientific$414
- Lilly USA, LLC$140
- Exact Sciences$135
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$122
- plus $572 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,556100%
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 | 31 | $671 |
| Gilead | 9 | $502 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $414 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $140 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $135 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $110 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $66 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $59 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $47 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $41 |
| Merck | 2 | $29 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $27 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Albireo Pharma, 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.
- Epclusa$239
- OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System$150
- Resolution 360 ULTRA Clip$137
- OMVOH$125
- Mavyret$124
- DUPIXENT$122
How this compares
$2,556 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 1,885 gastroenterology providers in California.
Other gastroenterology in Rialto
- Peter WinkleCypress$116.7M
- Manuchehr DaraniSanta Ana$17.7M
- Jatinder PruthiLancaster$4.4M
- Long DangWestminster$4.3M
- Muhammad SheikhFresno$4.3M
- Gregory WienerChula Vista$3.5M
- Gil MelmedLos Angeles$3M
- Christopher BowlusSacramento$3M
- Bennett RothLos Angeles$2.8M
- Brigid BolandSan Diego$2.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.