Eduardo Candanosa, MD
Family Medicine · McAllen, TXNPI 1144512484
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 259 payments — averaging $18.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- AbbVie$746
- Lilly USA, LLC$591
- Pfizer$299
- Amgen$215
- Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc.$201
- plus $2K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,809100%
- Education$120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 54 | $1,025 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 53 | $746 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 35 | $591 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $299 |
| Amgen | 10 | $215 |
| Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. | 1 | $201 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $194 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $170 |
| Abbott | 7 | $149 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $138 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 5 | $133 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $113 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 4 | $100 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $96 |
| Bayer | 4 | $93 |
| GSK | 4 | $75 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 2 | $58 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $43 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $28 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $27 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Intuity Medical Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Novartis | 1 | $18 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
How this compares
$4,820 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 8,760 family medicine providers in Texas.
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 | 269 | $344,399 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 168 | $237,207 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 107 | $157,490 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 142 | $143,913 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 123 | $130,280 |
| EliquisApixaban | 172 | $106,128 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 54 | $67,316 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 75 | $63,637 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 65 | $48,811 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 51 | $45,188 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 60 | $41,629 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 19 | $36,560 |
| SynjardyEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 34 | $35,835 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 62 | $33,878 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 69 | $29,209 |
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, Tresiba | $1,025 | $512,010396 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $591 | $304,522222 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Synjardy, Synjardy Xr | $170 | $249,984262 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Nurtec Odt | $299 | $142,688191 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $194 | $130,280123 claims |
| GSKShingrix, Trelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $75 | $60,841171 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $746 | $48,81165 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $96 | $41,62960 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $93 | $23,64522 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $18 | $14,45621 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 85th percentile of 8,760 family medicine providers in Texas.
Other family medicine in McAllen
- Joel SolisMcAllen$21.1M
- Dimple DesaiMcAllen$3.4M
- 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
- George AtieeSan Antonio$19.9M
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.