Jose Garza
Pediatric Gastroenterology · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1548466063
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $8,200 of the $12,644 with a category attached, or 64.9%. Medtronic accounts for 66.7% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,279 and has fallen 80.9% since, to $627 in 2025.
Across 84 payments — averaging $150.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$8K
- Covidien LP$3K
- Neuraxis, Inc.$338
- Sanofi$311
- AbbVie$157
- Anx Robotica Corp$125
- plus $478 from 7 others
Across 88 payments — averaging $2737.23 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.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$128K
- AbbVie$113K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,0008%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,20065%
- Food & beverage$3,44427%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 48 | $8,434 |
| Covidien LP | 3 | $2,802 |
| Neuraxis, Inc. | 1 | $338 |
| Sanofi | 12 | $311 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 9 | $157 |
| Anx Robotica Corp | 1 | $125 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $124 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $116 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $76 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $60 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $53 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $32 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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
$12,644 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 114 pediatric gastroenterology providers in Ohio.
Other pediatric gastroenterology in Cincinnati
- William BalistreriCincinnati$176K
- James HeubiCincinnati$59K
- Ajay KaulCincinnati$31K
- Neha SantucciCincinnati$30K
- Akihiro AsaiCincinnati$30K
- Alexander MiethkeCincinnati$24K
- Vincent MukkadaCincinnati$24K
- Samuel KocoshisCincinnati$19K
- Khalil El-ChammasCincinnati$15K
- Stephanie OliveiraCincinnati$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.