Homero Garza
Pediatrics · Houston, TXNPI 1265662662
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 57 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cranial Technologies, Inc at 26.9% of the total.
Across 57 payments — averaging $17.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$266
- Merck$206
- Pfizer$128
- GSK$97
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$90
- Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.$52
- plus $150 from 6 others
Across 323 payments — averaging $5242.49 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$780K
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$481K
- Merck$245K
- Seqirus USA Inc$99K
- GSK$39K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$38K
- plus $10K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$989100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 18 | $266 |
| Merck | 12 | $206 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $128 |
| GSK | 6 | $97 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 4 | $90 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 3 | $49 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $35 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| LNHC, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$989 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 5,361 pediatrics providers in Texas.
Other pediatrics in Houston
- Pedro PiedraHouston$729K
- Vernon SuttonHouston$90K
- Carlos BacinoHouston$53K
- Farida AbidHouston$50K
- Lindsay CameronHouston$32K
- Juan Torres SanchezHouston$31K
- Martin YudovichHouston$24K
- Raegan HuntHouston$23K
- Michael PickettHouston$14K
- Lara LeonhardtHouston$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.