Jose Garcia, MD
Internal Medicine · Laredo, TXNPI 1922027838
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 209 payments — averaging $23.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$727
- AstraZeneca$664
- Novo Nordisk$434
- Pfizer$395
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$289
- Lilly USA, LLC$263
- plus $2K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,97399%
- Education$301%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 27 | $727 |
| AstraZeneca | 29 | $664 |
| Novo Nordisk | 15 | $434 |
| Pfizer | 21 | $395 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $289 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $263 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 17 | $256 |
| Bayer | 6 | $233 |
| Amgen | 12 | $184 |
| Novartis | 10 | $164 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $144 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 9 | $136 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $131 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $128 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $113 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $102 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 4 | $100 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 6 | $99 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $90 |
| Merck | 6 | $80 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 4 | $65 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $51 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $46 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $16 |
| GSK | 1 | $14 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $14 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $13 |
| Sonex Health, 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.
How this compares
$5,003 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 150 | $182,208 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 117 | $159,767 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 112 | $142,736 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 124 | $115,271 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 69 | $101,087 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 78 | $94,790 |
| EliquisApixaban | 104 | $75,669 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 66 | $58,767 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 26 | $45,498 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 13 | $32,436 |
| Janumet XrSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 29 | $29,639 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 29 | $20,709 |
| AbrysvoRsv Vacc, Pref A And Pref B/Pf | 61 | $19,504 |
| Xigduo XrDapaglifloz Propaned/Metformin | 28 | $19,485 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 20 | $19,410 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $263 | $260,854186 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $434 | $227,705176 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet, Janumet Xr | $80 | $203,676219 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $664 | $142,736112 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $256 | $111,33898 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Abrysvo | $395 | $95,173165 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonInvokana, Xarelto, Invokamet | $727 | $44,71061 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $164 | $20,70929 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $13 | $16,13826 claims |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexlizet | $144 | $12,67730 claims |
| GSKShingrix | $14 | $6,45129 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 85th percentile of 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.
Other internal medicine in Laredo
- Milton HaberLaredo$10.7M
- Jan BurgerHouston$47.3M
- Nitin JainHouston$33.2M
- Muhammad IrfanTomball$30.6M
- Aung NaingHouston$30.6M
- Robert BassSan Antonio$25.6M
- Preetesh JainHouston$19.5M
- Paolo StratiHouston$19.2M
- Hernan SalazarSan Antonio$18.5M
- Nicholas ShortHouston$17.6M
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.