Mauricio Gonzalez-Arias
Geriatric Medicine · Austin, TXNPI 1154706042
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $746,750 of the $824,887 with a category attached, or 90.5%. Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $404,796 and has fallen 81.4% since, to $75,090 in 2025. Among geriatric medicine clinicians in TX 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 47 payments — averaging $17,551 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$825K
- Dexcom, Inc.$46
- Medtronic$23
- Insulet Corporation$21
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$746,75091%
- Speaking & faculty fees$71,0009%
- Travel & lodging$6,9401%
- Food & beverage$1970%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 44 | $824,796 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $23 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $21 |
How this compares
$824,887 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 275 geriatric medicine providers in Texas.
Other geriatric medicine in Austin
- Kimberly ChouAustin$1K
- Toral ParikhAustin$1K
- Eberenne IgbokwePearland$124K
- Diana KerwinDallas$81K
- David SmithBrownwood$19K
- Alejandro ArizmendiHelotes$15K
- Rosa VizcarraSan Antonio$9K
- George TaffetHouston$9K
- John CarrollCorpus Christi$8K
- Santos SoberonBeaumont$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.