Gregorio Pineda
Neurology · Bakersfield, CANPI 1184603151
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 198 payments — averaging $22.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Livanova USA, Inc.$512
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$478
- EMD Serono, Inc.$427
- Novartis$354
- Abbott$229
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc$165
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,474100%
- Education$90%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 15 | $512 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 22 | $478 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 14 | $427 |
| Novartis | 19 | $354 |
| Abbott | 6 | $229 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 9 | $165 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $159 |
| Biogen | 7 | $152 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 7 | $152 |
| UCB, Inc. | 8 | $151 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 13 | $139 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 6 | $135 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $131 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 4 | $131 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $129 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $121 |
| Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $111 |
| Greenwich Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $94 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 3 | $87 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $85 |
| Eisai Inc. | 5 | $82 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $82 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 5 | $78 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 4 | $78 |
| Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Saol Therapeutics Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $24 |
| Amgen | 1 | $24 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $21 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Mavenclad$224
- Infinity DBS Pulse Generators$136
- APTIOM$125
- VNS Therapy$119
- AFINITOR$110
- TEGSEDI$102
- Rebif$100
How this compares
$4,483 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.
Other neurology in Bakersfield
- Timothy CloughesyLos Angeles$33.1M
- Jack FlorinFullerton$13M
- David KudrowSanta Monica$12.8M
- John Ravitsla Jolla$8.4M
- Perminder BhatiaFresno$8.3M
- Perry ShiehLos Angeles$8.2M
- Benjamin FrishbergCarlsbad$8.2M
- Bruce CreeSan Francisco$8M
- Lawrence RechtPalo Alto$6.6M
- Stanley PrusinerSan Francisco$6.5M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.