Christian Romero
Family · El Centro, CANPI 1942806237
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 65 payments — averaging $22.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals$255
- AstraZeneca$236
- Novo Nordisk$173
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$160
- Boehringer Ingelheim$79
- GSK$65
- plus $468 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,435100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 9 | $255 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $236 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $173 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $160 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $79 |
| GSK | 2 | $65 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 4 | $65 |
| Bayer | 3 | $59 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $49 |
| Amgen | 3 | $40 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $26 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $21 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $16 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Smith+Nephew | 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.
- TEZSPIRE$104
How this compares
$1,435 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 10,634 family providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 120 | $100,479 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 105 | $97,686 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 55 | $59,026 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 68 | $56,729 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 49 | $52,865 |
| EliquisApixaban | 30 | $42,938 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 43 | $40,040 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 30 | $37,211 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 30 | $31,026 |
| DapagliflozinDapagliflozin Propanediol | 45 | $28,995 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 15 | $24,450 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 34 | $22,052 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 29 | $20,793 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 53 | $16,718 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 23 | $13,725 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $173 | $134,897135 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $236 | $100,479120 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $79 | $60,83372 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $26 | $56,72968 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $49 | $42,93830 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $15 | $31,02630 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $40 | $24,45015 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $59 | $22,05234 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 80th percentile of 10,634 family providers in California.
Other family in El Centro
- Lori RobertsonChino Hills$475K
- Annette ShonLos Angeles$406K
- Nancy GardettoSan Diego$394K
- Lisa HigginsHanford$311K
- Jennifer TougasBakersfield$302K
- Kim SchaferSacramento$288K
- Dawn MeyerSan Diego$270K
- Jennifer KangCerritos$255K
- Jenine StoneEscondido$231K
- Erin DwyerSan Diego$189K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.