Mirtha Gonzalez
Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1891026316
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 108 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 31.7% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for surgery clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $2,700.
Across 108 payments — averaging $23.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$820
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$296
- Lilly USA, LLC$285
- Johnson & Johnson$228
- VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc.$140
- Incyte Corporation$103
- plus $716 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,586100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 22 | $820 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $296 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 15 | $285 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 19 | $228 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $140 |
| Incyte Corporation | 5 | $103 |
| UCB, Inc. | 5 | $101 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 4 | $99 |
| Amgen | 6 | $94 |
| Almirall LLC | 3 | $61 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $47 |
| Novartis | 2 | $43 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 2 | $29 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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
$2,586 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 1,830 surgery providers in Texas.
Other surgery in Houston
- James SuliburkHouston$161K
- Funda MericHouston$141K
- Jonathan StahlHouston$105K
- Richard KnightHouston$103K
- Tanyaradzwa KajeseHouston$92K
- Michael HarkinsTomball$2.7M
- Douglas StoddardAustin$1.4M
- Steven FassAustin$989K
- Vineet ChoudhryAustin$851K
- Andy HawthorneRound Rock$843K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.