Darlene Espinosa, MD
Family Medicine · Upland, CANPI 1619105541
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 82 payments — averaging $17.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$210
- AbbVie$174
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$109
- Johnson & Johnson$108
- Novo Nordisk$83
- Abbott$78
- plus $702 from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,464100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 11 | $210 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 11 | $174 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $109 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $108 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $83 |
| Abbott | 1 | $78 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $53 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| GSK | 2 | $50 |
| Merck | 3 | $45 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 3 | $44 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $36 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $32 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $24 |
| Biogen | 1 | $22 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bayer | 1 | $20 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $16 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $16 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $13 |
| Novartis | 1 | $12 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,464 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 10,533 family medicine providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 42 | $49,054 |
| EliquisApixaban | 39 | $45,437 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 42 | $42,253 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 29 | $34,548 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 28 | $26,466 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 27 | $25,112 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 16 | $23,126 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 24 | $21,563 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 18 | $14,866 |
| Wixela InhubFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 16 | $4,212 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 65 | $4,156 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 34 | $3,856 |
| Gabapentin | 166 | $3,316 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 268 | $2,958 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 121 | $2,658 |
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 | $83 | $49,05442 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $53 | $45,43739 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $36 | $42,25342 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $15 | $34,54829 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $45 | $26,46628 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $108 | $25,11227 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $50 | $23,12616 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $32 | $21,56324 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $174 | $19,02283 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 75th percentile of 10,533 family medicine providers in California.
Other family medicine in Upland
- Amina HaggagNorthridge$112.8M
- Steven ReynoldsLong Beach$53M
- Rizwana MohseniLake Forest$26.7M
- Daniel JohnsonSan Diego$15.7M
- Stacey LayleSan Diego$14.8M
- Apinya VutikullirdCypress$14.3M
- Hanid AudishSpring Valley$13.6M
- Augusto FocilOxnard$12.6M
- Jack VuLong Beach$10.1M
- Suzanne FussellOxnard$8.9M
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.