Jason Alvarado, MD
Sports Medicine · Harbor City, CANPI 1306229844
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 19 payments — averaging $21.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$158
- Gilead$91
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$45
- Exact Sciences$42
- Lilly USA, LLC$34
- Amgen$17
- plus $17 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$405100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 7 | $158 |
| Gilead | 4 | $91 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $42 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $17 |
How this compares
$405 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 662 sports medicine providers in California.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 35 | $47,116 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 15 | $21,528 |
| EliquisApixaban | 12 | $17,233 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 396 | $3,326 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 85 | $2,279 |
| Humulin 70/30 KwikpenInsulin Nph Hum/Reg Insulin Hm | 11 | $2,080 |
| Metformin Hcl | 150 | $1,518 |
| Celecoxib | 14 | $1,328 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 14 | $1,311 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 44 | $1,169 |
| Lisinopril | 137 | $1,098 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 244 | $1,083 |
| Gabapentin | 82 | $976 |
| Losartan Potassium | 108 | $915 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 64 | $887 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| MerckJanuvia | $17 | $21,52815 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $158 | $17,23312 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 30th percentile of 662 sports medicine providers in California.
Other sports medicine in Harbor City
- Neal ElattracheLos Angeles$51M
- Nathaniel CohenLos Gatos$6.4M
- Thomas KnappSanta Monica$2.5M
- Seth ShermanStanford$1.8M
- Michael FreehillStanford$1.7M
- Deryk JonesSan Carlos$1.6M
- Allan MishraMenlo Park$1.5M
- Heinz Hoeneckela Jolla$1.4M
- Marc SafranPalo Alto$1.2M
- Stephan YacoubianBurbank$1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.