Marie Ruiz
Family · Corpus Christi, TXNPI 1598175200
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 175 payments — averaging $18.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$857
- Merck$272
- AstraZeneca$263
- Exact Sciences$185
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$178
- GSK$167
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,12199%
- Education$451%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 41 | $857 |
| Merck | 17 | $272 |
| AstraZeneca | 16 | $263 |
| Exact Sciences | 11 | $185 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 10 | $178 |
| GSK | 10 | $167 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $166 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $135 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $129 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 7 | $119 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 7 | $108 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $75 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 3 | $51 |
| Amgen | 3 | $51 |
| Novartis | 3 | $49 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $41 |
| Bayer | 2 | $35 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $34 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $34 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $27 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$3,166 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 15,456 family providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 96 | $112,191 |
| EliquisApixaban | 81 | $76,288 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 56 | $60,780 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 37 | $38,058 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 46 | $37,728 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 26 | $27,615 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 19 | $24,248 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 16 | $23,435 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 13 | $20,844 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 20 | $20,557 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 15 | $19,150 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 12 | $18,987 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 42 | $15,150 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 11 | $10,353 |
| Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 11 | $8,749 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $857 | $139,806122 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $166 | $84,21572 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $34 | $76,28881 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $129 | $38,05837 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $34 | $37,72846 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $263 | $34,30057 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet | $272 | $29,34023 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $167 | $20,84413 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $41 | $20,55720 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $108 | $8,74911 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 15,456 family providers in Texas.
Other family in Corpus Christi
- Stephanie RodriguezCorpus Christi$159K
- 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).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.