Jose Castro, MD
Internal Medicine · Wilmington, DENPI 1083792352
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,340 payments — averaging $20.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$4K
- Novo Nordisk$3K
- GSK$2K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$2K
- Lilly USA, LLC$2K
- Pfizer$2K
- plus $12K from 46 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$26,73199%
- Education$1831%
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.
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.
- JARDIANCE$824
- FARXIGA$756
- BREZTRI$536
- AIRSUPRA$534
- UBRELVY$468
- FreeStyle Libre 2$279
- QULIPTA$234
- Ozempic$233
- SOLIQUA 100/33$227
- FREESTYLE LIBRE 3$143
- XARELTO$125
- ANORO ELLIPTA$125
- Otezla$125
- VOQUEZNA$125
- MOUNJARO$125
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$124
- NEXLIZET$120
- NEXLETOL$120
- OFEV$119
- ZEPBOUND$115
How this compares
$26,914 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 477 internal medicine providers in Delaware.
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 | 192 | $267,193 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 206 | $217,907 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 175 | $210,327 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 134 | $149,885 |
| EliquisApixaban | 121 | $149,583 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 123 | $132,551 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 81 | $99,274 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 31 | $73,097 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 40 | $70,143 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 55 | $63,901 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 49 | $57,671 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 52 | $57,547 |
| Xigduo XrDapaglifloz Propaned/Metformin | 50 | $52,499 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 45 | $51,332 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 32 | $36,723 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Synjardy Xr, Glyxambi, Stiolto Respimat | $2,282 | $436,536350 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $2,774 | $291,004237 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta, Breztri Aerosphere | $3,715 | $235,084203 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $2,169 | $220,028174 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Nurtec Odt, Premarin | $1,925 | $168,969146 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $2,387 | $144,767143 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $923 | $63,90155 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $518 | $57,67149 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $1,357 | $57,54752 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $622 | $51,33245 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $263 | $36,72332 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $1,137 | $24,22631 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 95th percentile of 477 internal medicine providers in Delaware.
Other internal medicine in Wilmington
- Marcia Gina CastroWilmington$24K
- Robert KopeckiWilmington$15K
- Franklin AmpaduWilmington$15K
- Andrew MyersWilmington$15K
- Armand DesanctisWilmington$11K
- Carol Alvarado-BarrantesWilmington$10K
- Stuart FelzerWilmington$6K
- Terry HortonWilmington$5K
- Jerry GluckmanWilmington$5K
- Alina GoverWilmington$4K
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.