Cesar Ochoa-Lubinoff
Pediatrics · Los Angeles, CANPI 1508803131
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $10,000 of the $11,966 with a category attached, or 83.6%. Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. accounts for 88.8% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $10,685, 9.2 times the $1,157 reported in 2019. Among pediatrics clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 16 payments — averaging $747.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$11K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$1K
- Abbott$124
- Tris Pharma Inc$64
Across 35 payments — averaging $23,688 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.$579K
- Genentech, Inc.$201K
- Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$31K
- Institut DE Recherches Internationales Servier$17K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,00084%
- Travel & lodging$1,36311%
- Food & beverage$5395%
- Education$641%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 | $10,621 |
| F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG | 4 | $1,157 |
| Abbott | 1 | $124 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 1 | $64 |
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
$11,966 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,539 pediatrics providers in California.
Other pediatrics in Los Angeles
- Laurene MascolaLos Angeles$451K
- Stanley NelsonLos Angeles$118K
- Kasey RanganLos Angeles$107K
- Susan CarsonLos Angeles$85K
- Jennifer DonkinLos Angeles$59K
- Jeremy MooreLos Angeles$48K
- Tanaz DanialifarLos Angeles$28K
- Etan OrgelLos Angeles$27K
- Alice KuoLos Angeles$25K
- Kara CalkinsLos Angeles$24K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.