Hugo Escobar
Pediatric Pulmonology · Kansas City, MONPI 1659531846
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.5% of the total across 43 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 28.2% of the total.
Across 43 payments — averaging $36.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$439
- Amgen$219
- Insmed, Inc.$161
- AbbVie$123
- Biogen$115
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$107
- plus $393 from 12 others
Across 48 payments — averaging $36,994 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.
- Vertex$1.8M
- Vivus LLC$1K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,48896%
- Education$704%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $439 |
| Amgen | 3 | $219 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 9 | $161 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $123 |
| Biogen | 1 | $115 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 2 | $107 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 1 | $101 |
| Vertex | 4 | $90 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $37 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| GSK | 1 | $20 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 1 | $12 |
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.
- TEZSPIRE$231
- SPINRAZA$115
- TOBI Podhaler$101
How this compares
$1,558 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 36 pediatric pulmonology providers in Missouri.
Other pediatric pulmonology in Kansas City
- Jade Tam-WilliamsKansas City$3K
- Christopher OermannKansas City$3K
- Terrence CarverKansas City$2K
- Alvin SinghKansas City$1K
- Stephen CliffKansas City$513
- Megan GubichukKansas City$442
- Zarmina EhsanKansas City$380
- Erin KhanKansas City$266
- Jane TaylorKansas City$167
- Madison MackeprangKansas City$118
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.