Maria Maldonado
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 103 payments — averaging $18.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$486
- AbbVie$465
- Pfizer$150
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$148
- Dexcom, Inc.$134
- Merck$114
- plus $449 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,947100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 22 | $486 |
| AbbVie | 25 | $465 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $150 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 6 | $148 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 9 | $134 |
| Merck | 7 | $114 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 5 | $87 |
| GSK | 4 | $77 |
| Bayer | 3 | $49 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $31 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $21 |
| Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $20 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 1 | $14 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 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.
- Ozempic$124
How this compares
$1,947 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 15,456 family providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 17 | $25,839 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 18 | $18,367 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 16 | $17,574 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 20 | $15,033 |
| EliquisApixaban | 11 | $14,126 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 11 | $7,668 |
| Aripiprazole | 11 | $4,006 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 49 | $1,231 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 126 | $968 |
| Gabapentin | 47 | $800 |
| Omeprazole | 66 | $780 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 27 | $695 |
| Hydroxyzine Hcl | 14 | $672 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 59 | $585 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 23 | $567 |
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 | $14 | $25,83917 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $31 | $18,36718 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $486 | $17,57416 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $77 | $15,03320 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $150 | $14,12611 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 80th percentile of 15,456 family providers in Texas.
Other family in Waco
- Jena MannWaco$51K
- Lashonda CraneHouston$3.4M
- David WeirDallas$959K
- Luba YammineHouston$479K
- Robin BeachHouston$428K
- Nirupama JeromeAustin$418K
- April LopezMcAllen$417K
- Linda MercadoHouston$211K
- Sarah AguilarHouston$199K
- Sie ThomasDallas$197K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.