Mehul Patel
Pediatrics · Houston, TXNPI 1225424526
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 89 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 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among pediatrics 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 89 payments — averaging $27.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Corium, LLC$505
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$236
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$212
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$207
- Merck$145
- Tris Pharma Inc$138
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,456100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Corium, LLC | 21 | $505 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 15 | $236 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $212 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $207 |
| Merck | 9 | $145 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 2 | $138 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $127 |
| Abbott | 3 | $120 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $115 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 4 | $110 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $88 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| GSK | 3 | $47 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC | 1 | $40 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$207
- QELBREE$129
- OPZELURA$127
- Dyanavel XR$125
- HARMONY$115
How this compares
$2,456 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,361 pediatrics providers in Texas.
Other pediatrics in Houston
- Pedro PiedraHouston$729K
- Vernon SuttonHouston$90K
- Carlos BacinoHouston$53K
- Farida AbidHouston$50K
- Lindsay CameronHouston$32K
- Juan Torres SanchezHouston$31K
- Martin YudovichHouston$24K
- Raegan HuntHouston$23K
- Michael PickettHouston$14K
- Lara LeonhardtHouston$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.