Michael Balat
Obstetrics · Houston, TXNPI 1558719658
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 149 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 15.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $761 and has fallen 72.2% since, to $211 in 2025.
Across 149 payments — averaging $21.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$479
- AbbVie$428
- Pfizer$272
- Myovant Sciences Inc.$244
- Boston Scientific$174
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$144
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,133100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 24 | $479 |
| AbbVie | 34 | $428 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $272 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 11 | $244 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $174 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 6 | $144 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 4 | $140 |
| Caldera Medical, Inc | 2 | $133 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 7 | $131 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $119 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 5 | $93 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $91 |
| Bayer | 4 | $88 |
| Organon | 4 | $81 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 4 | $73 |
| Biogen | 2 | $67 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $65 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $56 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Merck | 2 | $35 |
| Optumhealth Care Solutions, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Millicent US Inc | 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.
How this compares
$3,133 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 85 obstetrics providers in Texas.
Other obstetrics in Houston
- Sara MoufarrijHouston$52K
- Bridgette ParishHouston$3K
- Guy KatzHouston$1K
- Kathy SummersHouston$1K
- Nelson UzquianoHouston$996
- Emily BowdenHouston$865
- Kimberly HawkinsHouston$585
- Hearther DaleyMcAllen$57K
- Rene PerezSan Antonio$20K
- Lisa BourbeauAustin$11K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.