Carlos Cueva, MD
Hospitalist · Salt Lake City, UTNPI 1265851273
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 28 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 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among hospitalist clinicians in UT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 28 payments — averaging $15.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$79
- Johnson & Johnson$50
- Dynavax Technologies Corporation$30
- Lilly USA, LLC$29
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$27
- Novartis$22
- plus $211 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$447100%
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.
How this compares
$447 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 203 hospitalist providers in Utah.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ErtapenemErtapenem Sodium | 19 | $9,520 |
| Meropenem | 20 | $5,855 |
| Vancomycin Hcl | 93 | $4,334 |
| Daptomycin | 18 | $3,594 |
| Nafcillin Sodium | 11 | $3,501 |
| Cephalexin | 26 | $1,711 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 27 | $1,375 |
| Penicillin V Potassium | 18 | $718 |
| Sodium Chloride0.9 % Sodium Chloride | 88 | $616 |
| Cefazolin Sodium | 24 | $562 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hospitalist in Salt Lake City
- Mark KellySalt Lake City$7K
- Margi BhattSalt Lake City$4K
- Beth HanlonSalt Lake City$3K
- Victoria WilkinsSalt Lake City$2K
- Valerie VaughnSalt Lake City$2K
- Michelle HofmannSalt Lake City$955
- Ryan BenderSalt Lake City$648
- Kena DesaiSalt Lake City$592
- Matthew SiegelSalt Lake City$424
- Donald NoSalt Lake City$395
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.