Kristina Blegen
Dermatology · San Antonio, TXNPI 1598227670
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 271 payments — averaging $37.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$990
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$939
- Sanofi$913
- AbbVie$863
- Novartis$854
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$800
- plus $5K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$10,04998%
- Education$1692%
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 | 26 | $990 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 35 | $939 |
| Sanofi | 11 | $913 |
| AbbVie | 28 | $863 |
| Novartis | 24 | $854 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 21 | $800 |
| UCB, Inc. | 13 | $579 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $569 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $515 |
| Incyte Corporation | 16 | $500 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $383 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 16 | $343 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $333 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $285 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $265 |
| Krystal Biotech Inc | 5 | $220 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $214 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 5 | $173 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 3 | $159 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $83 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 5 | $58 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 2 | $44 |
| Organon | 4 | $40 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC | 1 | $15 |
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
$10,218 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,098 dermatology providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 11 | $74,854 |
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 16 | $59,246 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 63 | $3,142 |
| Fluorouracil | 26 | $1,303 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 27 | $831 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 69 | $798 |
| Hydrocortisone | 52 | $513 |
| Ketoconazole | 56 | $505 |
| Metronidazole | 12 | $383 |
| Nystatin | 27 | $282 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 15 | $272 |
| Mupirocin | 24 | $180 |
| Hydroxyzine Hcl | 14 | $133 |
| Finasteride | 13 | $122 |
| Minoxidil | 18 | $121 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in San Antonio
- Mark LeeSan Antonio$10.9M
- John BrowningSan Antonio$10.7M
- Emily BeckerSan Antonio$2.4M
- William CragunSan Antonio$2.3M
- Steven DavisSan Antonio$1.8M
- Lindsey FinkleaSan Antonio$1.2M
- Stephen MillerSan Antonio$389K
- Vivian BucaySan Antonio$241K
- Stephen TyringWebster$14.1M
- Edward LainAustin$12M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.