Christian Obando
Nurse Practitioner · The Woodlands, TXNPI 1619367497
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 92 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 22.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,096 and has fallen 96.6% since, to $37 in 2025.
Across 92 payments — averaging $21.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$445
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$305
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$295
- Amgen$164
- AstraZeneca$161
- GRT US Holding, Inc.$113
- plus $474 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,958100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $445 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 23 | $305 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 18 | $295 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 8 | $164 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $161 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $113 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 4 | $66 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 4 | $59 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $58 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Novartis | 1 | $15 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$150
- AIRSUPRA$125
- SUPERION$119
- Qutenza$102
How this compares
$1,958 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 5,422 nurse practitioner providers in Texas.
Other nurse practitioner in The Woodlands
- Cecilia DavisAustin$262K
- Melanie MorrisHouston$254K
- Stephanie BrownHarlingen$235K
- Brittney MisercolaKilleen$223K
- Roger ChapmanTyler$211K
- Corrie BerkSan Antonio$155K
- Samantha OnealDallas$133K
- Onna FeuchterSouthlake$108K
- Stephanie AgrellaRound Rock$102K
- Sue RankinAmarillo$89K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.