Esta Kronberg
Dermatology · Houston, TXNPI 1215039912
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 212 payments — averaging $35.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$3K
- Pfizer$712
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$538
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$479
- Incyte Corporation$445
- Johnson & Johnson$438
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,454100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 80 | $2,694 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $712 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 12 | $538 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 14 | $479 |
| Incyte Corporation | 12 | $445 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 16 | $438 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 6 | $316 |
| Sanofi | 8 | $309 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $303 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $223 |
| Amgen | 9 | $203 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $156 |
| Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 1 | $113 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 6 | $101 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $66 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Novartis | 1 | $32 |
| Springworks Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Organon | 1 | $22 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $19 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 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
$7,454 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 1,098 dermatology providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 22 | $577 |
| Minocycline Hcl | 11 | $302 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Houston
- Michael MigdenHouston$3.7M
- Megan CouvillionHouston$3M
- Alpesh DesaiHouston$2.7M
- Suzanne BruceHouston$2.2M
- Geeta PatelHouston$626K
- Madeleine DuvicHouston$597K
- Auris HuenHouston$323K
- Catherine PapasakelariouHouston$289K
- Anisha PatelHouston$268K
- Stephen TyringWebster$14.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.