Minna Cheng
Pediatrics · Riverside, CANPI 1144752080
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 166 payments — averaging $20.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$926
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$311
- Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc$294
- Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$265
- Merck$246
- Novo Nordisk$224
- plus $1K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,483100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 40 | $926 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 13 | $311 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 11 | $294 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 14 | $265 |
| Merck | 13 | $246 |
| Novo Nordisk | 12 | $224 |
| AbbVie | 11 | $206 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 11 | $193 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 6 | $123 |
| Sobi, Inc | 5 | $93 |
| GSK | 4 | $92 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 4 | $90 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $83 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $54 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $19 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Abbott | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$3,483 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,539 pediatrics providers in California.
Other pediatrics in Riverside
- Nicola KleinOakland$81.9M
- Lawrence SherRolling Hills Estates$38.4M
- Carey ChronisVentura$6.3M
- Jose DiazDowney$5.4M
- Bruce BuckinghamSan Jose$3.1M
- Patrick WalshAnaheim$3M
- Teresita Salazar-GuadizBellflower$2.7M
- Liberation de LeonParamount$2.7M
- Melvin HeymanSan Francisco$2.5M
- Aftab NazMadera$2.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.