Melissa Caro
Medical · San Antonio, TXNPI 1245761139
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 97 payments — averaging $24.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$719
- Nevro Corp.$295
- Globus Medical$290
- Almatica Pharma LLC$167
- AbbVie$142
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$133
- plus $642 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1687%
- Food & beverage$2,22193%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 31 | $719 |
| Nevro Corp. | 10 | $295 |
| Globus Medical | 7 | $290 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 8 | $167 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $142 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $92 |
| Abbott | 5 | $91 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $62 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $40 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $24 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Amgen | 1 | $16 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Senza$174
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$140
- Prospera$133
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$112
How this compares
$2,389 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,490 medical providers in Texas.
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- Daniella ArellanoSan Antonio$15K
- Robert SchonhoffSan Antonio$14K
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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.