David Carpenter
Family Medicine · Humble, TXNPI 1225130743
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 100 payments — averaging $32.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$561
- Johnson & Johnson$457
- Vertiflex, Inc.$208
- Boehringer Ingelheim$173
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$151
- Biotronik Inc.$145
- plus $2K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,19699%
- Education$231%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 9 | $561 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $457 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 7 | $208 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $173 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $151 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $136 |
| GSK | 8 | $135 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $135 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $128 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $124 |
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $99 |
| Merck | 7 | $93 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 4 | $92 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $79 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $77 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Bayer | 1 | $28 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $24 |
| Novartis | 1 | $23 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Biogen | 1 | $16 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Linus Health, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Amgen | 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.
- XARELTO$357
- Merlin Connectivity and Remote$157
- Confirm Rx$143
- JARDIANCE$124
- ASSURITY$118
- PREVNAR 20$109
- IN.PACT Admiral$105
How this compares
$3,219 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 8,760 family medicine providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 13 | $612 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 11 | $204 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 13 | $146 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 13 | $138 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Humble
- Douglas DenhamSan Antonio$68.5M
- Vicki MillerPasadena$58.3M
- Hareshkumar BogharaDesoto$30.3M
- Earl MartinTomball$30.1M
- Lisa HollowayHouston$30.1M
- William SegerFort Worth$27.5M
- Veronica FragosoHouston$24.5M
- Joel SolisMcAllen$21.1M
- George AtieeSan Antonio$19.9M
- Bonnie ColvilleHouston$19.6M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.