Cesar Pena-Rodriguez
Internal Medicine · Garland, TXNPI 1073576435
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 98 payments — averaging $15.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$357
- Boehringer Ingelheim$212
- AstraZeneca$210
- Amgen$209
- Novo Nordisk$124
- Merck$76
- plus $305 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,493100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 24 | $357 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $212 |
| AstraZeneca | 14 | $210 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 14 | $209 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $124 |
| Merck | 5 | $76 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $50 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $47 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| GSK | 1 | $15 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $14 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,493 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.
Other internal medicine in Garland
- Jan BurgerHouston$47.3M
- Nitin JainHouston$33.2M
- Muhammad IrfanTomball$30.6M
- Aung NaingHouston$30.6M
- Robert BassSan Antonio$25.6M
- Preetesh JainHouston$19.5M
- Paolo StratiHouston$19.2M
- Hernan SalazarSan Antonio$18.5M
- Nicholas ShortHouston$17.6M
- Salma SaigerMesquite$16.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.