Ivonne Sahagun-Carreon
Pediatrics · New Braunfels, TXNPI 1346329661
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $167,386 of the $168,277 with a category attached, or 99.5%. Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. accounts for 85.6% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among pediatrics clinicians in TX 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 119 payments — averaging $1414.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$144K
- Shire North American Group Inc$23K
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$173
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$122
- Merck$116
- Corium, LLC$64
- plus $225 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$167,38699%
- Travel & lodging$1900%
- Food & beverage$7010%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 75 | $144,108 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 15 | $23,468 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $173 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 5 | $122 |
| Merck | 7 | $116 |
| Corium, LLC | 3 | $64 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 2 | $43 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 1 | $19 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- QELBREE$148
How this compares
$168,277 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,361 pediatrics providers in Texas.
Other pediatrics in New Braunfels
- Pedro PiedraHouston$729K
- Jason RiehsFrisco$216K
- Angela ScheuerleDallas$118K
- Dianna BurnsSan Antonio$100K
- Jason TerkKeller$93K
- Vernon SuttonHouston$90K
- Laura ScalfanoPlano$74K
- Patricia AmersonSan Antonio$73K
- Ralph DeberardinisDallas$56K
- Carlos BacinoHouston$53K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.