Lyndon Hernandez, MD
Gastroenterology · Milwaukee, WINPI 1831166503
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $13,500 of the $15,413 with a category attached, or 87.6%. Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC accounts for 87.6% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $9,032 and has fallen 92.9% since, to $640 in 2025. Among gastroenterology clinicians in WI 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 22 payments — averaging $700.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$14K
- Medtronic$803
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$640
- Stryker$155
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$128
- Boston Scientific$96
- plus $84 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8305%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,50088%
- Travel & lodging$7355%
- Food & beverage$3172%
- Education$300%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 11 | $13,507 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $803 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 2 | $640 |
| Stryker | 1 | $155 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $96 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $32 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $30 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $22 |
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.
- XIFAXAN$13,500
- TRULANCE$7,500
- Single Use Electrosurgical Knife KD-655$605
- DISPOSABLE DISTAL ATTACHMENT$605
- NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT$155
- Signia$128
- TIPS Set$128
How this compares
$15,413 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 285 gastroenterology providers in Wisconsin.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| StelaraUstekinumab | 15 | $399,356 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 11 | $85,132 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 78 | $56,331 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 232 | $13,883 |
| Mesalamine | 20 | $7,993 |
| Sucralfate | 64 | $6,335 |
| NexiumEsomeprazole Magnesium | 11 | $6,247 |
| Ursodiol | 27 | $6,201 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 469 | $5,479 |
| CholestyramineCholestyramine (With Sugar) | 42 | $5,160 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 24 | $4,866 |
| Balsalazide Disodium | 18 | $3,934 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 223 | $3,063 |
| SutabSod Sulf/Pot Chloride/Mag Sulf | 18 | $2,957 |
| Omeprazole | 179 | $2,776 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonStelara | $22 | $399,35615 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $32 | $56,33178 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 90th percentile of 285 gastroenterology providers in Wisconsin.
Other gastroenterology in Milwaukee
- Daniel SteinMilwaukee$227K
- Poonam Beniwal-PatelMilwaukee$108K
- Matthew PellerMilwaukee$63K
- Chetan MittalMilwaukee$53K
- Patrick SanvansonMilwaukee$40K
- Nalini GudaMilwaukee$29K
- Kulwinder DuaMilwaukee$16K
- Hassaan ZiaMilwaukee$9K
- Sunil KapurMilwaukee$8K
- James Philip EstebanMilwaukee$7K
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.