Maria Gonzalez
Medical · Brownsville, TXNPI 1417687831
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 273 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 17 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 273 payments — averaging $19.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$1K
- Lilly USA, LLC$1K
- Corcept Therapeutics$610
- AstraZeneca$561
- AbbVie$556
- Novartis$511
- plus $1K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,426100%
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 | 64 | $1,096 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 53 | $1,091 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 16 | $610 |
| AstraZeneca | 18 | $561 |
| AbbVie | 45 | $556 |
| Novartis | 30 | $511 |
| Novo Nordisk | 23 | $410 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $216 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Exact Sciences | 6 | $116 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $14 |
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
$5,426 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,490 medical providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 45 | $69,201 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 56 | $62,633 |
| OtezlaApremilast | 12 | $52,937 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 30 | $34,976 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 15 | $24,211 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 14 | $16,147 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 15 | $12,592 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 12 | $10,918 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 33 | $1,093 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 55 | $1,038 |
| Vitamin D2Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D2) | 38 | $621 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 64 | $491 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 13 | $289 |
| Metformin Hcl ErMetformin Hcl | 25 | $213 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | 17 | $144 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $410 | $69,20145 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $561 | $62,63356 claims |
| AmgenOtezla | $1,096 | $52,93712 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $1,091 | $40,35729 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $556 | $10,91812 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 85th percentile of 1,490 medical providers in Texas.
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- Danny DeckardDallas$101K
- Courtney AldridgeSan Antonio$89K
- Janine ShinnDallas$84K
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Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.