Edwin Asturias
Pediatric Infectious Diseases · Aurora, CONPI 1275814360
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.8%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 3 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 56.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $23,313 and has fallen 86.9% since, to $3,057 in 2024.
Across 30 payments — averaging $1385.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$24K
- Pfizer$18K
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$29
Across 22 payments — averaging $161,818 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Pfizer$3.3M
- GSK$280K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$20,70550%
- Speaking & faculty fees$15,63638%
- Travel & lodging$4,67211%
- Food & beverage$5331%
- Education$290%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 22 | $23,545 |
| Pfizer(2 entities) | 7 | $18,000 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $29 |
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.
- PREVNAR - 13$4,357
- PREVNAR 20$2,700
How this compares
$41,575 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 20 pediatric infectious diseases providers in Colorado.
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Other pediatric infectious diseases in Aurora
- Eric SimoesAurora$531K
- Myron LevinAurora$292K
- Samuel DominguezAurora$21K
- Daniel OlsonAurora$18K
- Mary GlodeAurora$13K
- Ann NyquistAurora$8K
- Elizabeth McFarlandAurora$3K
- Kevin MessacarAurora$3K
- Christina Smith-AndersonAurora$268
- Michael BozzellaAurora$125
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.