Marcos Vargas
General Practice · Iowa City, IANPI 1235233230
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $113,549 of the $163,061 with a category attached, or 69.6%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by 3M Company at 40.0% of the total. Among general practice clinicians in IA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 129 payments — averaging $1264.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- 3M Company$65K
- Solventum Corporation$34K
- Clinician's Choice Dental Products Inc.$32K
- Den-mat Holdings, LLC$18K
- Henry Schein, Inc.$4K
- Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc.$4K
- plus $6K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,8507%
- Speaking & faculty fees$113,54970%
- Travel & lodging$27,14117%
- Food & beverage$6,7904%
- Education$4510%
- Gifts$1,3311%
- Other$1,9501%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 3M Company | 41 | $65,301 |
| Solventum Corporation | 34 | $34,124 |
| Clinician's Choice Dental Products Inc. | 12 | $32,057 |
| Den-mat Holdings, LLC | 4 | $17,973 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 4 | $4,308 |
| Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. | 12 | $3,624 |
| Garrison Dental Solutions | 3 | $3,215 |
| Kuraray America Inc. | 4 | $1,920 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 10 | $163 |
| GC America Inc. | 1 | $160 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $122 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 2 | $84 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $11 |
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.
- 3M Filtek$29,445
- Filtek One Bulk Fill Restorative$27,943
- Filtek Supreme Ultra Flowable Restorative Materials$27,829
- Filtek$27,356
- Scotchbond Universal Adhesive$26,614
- 3M ESPE Filtek Supreme Ultra Universal Restorative$21,503
- Filtek Supreme Ultra Universal Restorative Materials$20,329
- 3M Scotchbond$15,520
- Filtek Universal Restorative$14,052
- Scotchbond Universal$12,000
- Filtek Supreme Ultra Universal Restorative$10,000
- Elipar DeepCure-L$9,907
- Sinfony Composite Material$8,829
- Filtek Z350XT$6,500
- Scotchbond Universal Plus$5,576
- Clarity Aligners$4,625
- 3M RelyX Fiber Post Refill$4,250
- Filtek One Bulk Fill$4,000
- LAVA$4,000
- RELYX U200$4,000
How this compares
$163,061 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 882 general practice providers in Iowa.
Other general practice in Iowa City
- Erica TeixeiraIowa City$4K
- Robert MargeasDes Moines$367K
- Cody OlsonHumboldt$33K
- Cary JacksonCouncil Bluffs$23K
- Aaron JonesPleasant Hill$17K
- Kevin HartTiffin$11K
- Orhan SuljicDes Moines$11K
- Beau BeecherWaterloo$11K
- Teryl EdwardsWaterloo$11K
- Kristine MedinCedar Rapids$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.