Joseph Hortillosa
Physician Assistant · San Diego, CANPI 1023166964
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 45 payments — averaging $79.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$291
- Novo Nordisk$288
- CMP Pharma, Inc.$254
- Johnson & Johnson$253
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$240
- AstraZeneca$239
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,588100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 4 | $291 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $288 |
| CMP Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $254 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $253 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $240 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $239 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 3 | $182 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $175 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $150 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $149 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| GSK | 1 | $137 |
| Bayer | 1 | $134 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $125 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $111 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $94 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $85 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 2 | $45 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $28 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $24 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- Carospir$254
- DUPIXENT$240
- FFRct$175
- DEXCOM G7 GSS (161)$151
- DEXCOM STELO GLUCOSE BIOSENSOR$151
- SYMPLICITY G3$150
- WATCHMAN Access System$149
- EVRYSDI$149
- AREXVY$137
- Kerendia$134
- KRYSTEXXA$133
- XARELTO$130
- Wegovy$125
- EVENITY$124
- SIMPONI ARIA$123
- CRYSVITA$122
- WAINUA$111
- Inspire$109
How this compares
$3,588 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Sucralfate | 12 | $308 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 24 | $297 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 12 | $276 |
| Losartan Potassium | 15 | $255 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 32 | $244 |
| Metformin Hcl | 24 | $204 |
| Omeprazole | 33 | $198 |
| Lisinopril | 21 | $126 |
| Losartan-HydrochlorothiazideLosartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 16 | $123 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 21 | $110 |
| Simvastatin | 15 | $85 |
| Famotidine | 12 | $59 |
| Phenobarbital | 11 | $52 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 19 | $50 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 12 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in San Diego
- Jeremy AdlerSan Diego$82K
- Anne DenslowSan Diego$43K
- Kathryn SmileySan Diego$33K
- John QuigleyDowney$2.9M
- Andrea NguyenIrvine$1M
- Mikhail AlperMadera$889K
- Erin JensenUpland$716K
- Franklin ClineSacramento$458K
- Carla CrespoMarina del Rey$297K
- Katherine OsakiEl Centro$274K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.