Loc Vu, MD
Emergency Medicine · Pasadena, TXNPI 1508836321
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 62 payments — averaging $37.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$672
- Boehringer Ingelheim$374
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$179
- Pfizer$168
- Amgen$141
- Si-bone, Inc.$138
- plus $628 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,300100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $672 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $374 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 11 | $179 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $168 |
| Amgen | 2 | $141 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Gilead | 1 | $116 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $78 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| GSK | 2 | $33 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $17 |
| Abbott | 1 | $16 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $15 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $13 |
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
$2,300 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,952 emergency 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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 72 | $109,008 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 65 | $84,154 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 50 | $81,060 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 107 | $76,394 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 21 | $35,220 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 16 | $29,011 |
| EliquisApixaban | 27 | $27,864 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 26 | $25,433 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 30 | $24,146 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 15 | $18,015 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 15 | $16,976 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 12 | $14,728 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 11 | $13,646 |
| Levemir FlexpenInsulin Detemir | 11 | $5,254 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 12 | $4,424 |
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 | $374 | $127,02287 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $672 | $84,15465 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $17 | $81,06050 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $78 | $42,65727 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $168 | $27,86427 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $18 | $25,43326 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $179 | $24,14630 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $15 | $18,10428 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 3,952 emergency medicine providers in Texas.
Other emergency medicine in Pasadena
- Chad CrystalPalestine$26.8M
- Brian SpearsSan Antonio$12.9M
- Sinikka GreenAustin$10.2M
- James LillyDallas$8.5M
- Craig BoyleAustin$8M
- Alan HandSugar Land$6.8M
- Rebecca Wood-HorrallSmithville$5.9M
- Michael ZimmermanAustin$4.7M
- Bentley BobrowHouston$2.7M
- David WatsonFort Hood$2.4M
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.