Lorena Castro Lopez, PA
Physician Assistant · Aurora, CONPI 1235896317
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 140 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,740 and has fallen 98.6% since, to $37 in 2024. Among physician assistant clinicians in CO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 140 payments — averaging $24.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$680
- AstraZeneca$533
- Lilly USA, LLC$382
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$345
- Bayer$268
- Novartis$266
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,482100%
- Education$120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 20 | $680 |
| AstraZeneca | 14 | $533 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 18 | $382 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 7 | $345 |
| Bayer | 10 | $268 |
| Novartis | 16 | $266 |
| Novo Nordisk | 11 | $225 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 6 | $111 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $85 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 4 | $81 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 5 | $72 |
| Indivior Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $43 |
| Merck | 3 | $42 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $39 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $32 |
| GSK | 1 | $24 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $23 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $20 |
| Lifescan, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 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
$3,493 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,849 physician assistant providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 26 | $218 |
| Metformin Hcl | 11 | $95 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 27 | $95 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 19 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Aurora
- Scott PearsonAurora$32K
- Rachel EdwardsAurora$23K
- Jane PahudAurora$12K
- Joseph ShanklandAurora$11K
- Alexandria GassmannAurora$10K
- Donald MooreEnglewood$246K
- Neekan AeiniGreenwood Village$234K
- Korby HowellCortez$182K
- Heather FinlaysonLittleton$180K
- Kristen LervikDenver$131K
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.