Hector Gonzalez
Physician Assistant · Newport Beach, CANPI 1689676306
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 94.2% of the total across 153 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 17 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,902, 3.7 times the $1,068 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 153 payments — averaging $63.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$995
- Johnson & Johnson$975
- Zimmer Biomet$759
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$726
- plus $2K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5636%
- Food & beverage$9,22794%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 35 | $2,342 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 26 | $1,691 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 25 | $995 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 19 | $975 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 6 | $759 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 9 | $726 |
| Abbott | 7 | $547 |
| Davol Inc. | 5 | $398 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $370 |
| Saphena Medical, Inc. | 3 | $254 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 6 | $183 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $180 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $142 |
| Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $36 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $25 |
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.
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$702
- Venapax$648
- Impella$509
- LifeVest$335
- Irrisept$180
- CoreValve Evolut$180
- Tri-Ad$147
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$144
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$144
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$138
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$135
- Epic Stented Tissue Valve$132
- Envarsus$125
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$117
- STRATAFIX$114
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$114
- DERMABOND$114
- NA$112
- Epic$107
- Da Vinci Surgical System$104
How this compares
$9,791 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Other physician assistant in Newport Beach
- Sally de Castro TilsenNewport Beach$77K
- Andrea NguyenIrvine$1M
- Mikhail AlperMadera$889K
- Erin JensenUpland$716K
- Franklin ClineSacramento$458K
- Carla CrespoMarina del Rey$297K
- Katherine OsakiEl Centro$274K
- Shawna JonesFountain Valley$266K
- Heather AustinSalinas$219K
- Andrea FoxStanford$172K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.