Nicanor Hernandez
General Practice · Tempe, AZNPI 1972365344
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 51 payments — averaging $46.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$344
- Corcept Therapeutics$258
- AstraZeneca$250
- Eisai Inc.$239
- Bayer$189
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$184
- plus $887 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,349100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 9 | $344 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 4 | $258 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $250 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $239 |
| Bayer | 5 | $189 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 6 | $184 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $161 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $125 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $115 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $107 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 4 | $98 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $50 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $43 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $27 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $16 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 1 | $15 |
| 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.
- Leqembi$239
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$161
- TZIELD$126
- Wegovy$125
- Korlym$125
- BREZTRI$122
- Kerendia$121
- Hillrom - Carnation Ambulatory Monitor$115
- Repatha$109
- VOQUEZNA$107
How this compares
$2,349 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,998 general practice providers in Arizona.
Other general practice in Tempe
- Trent SmallwoodTempe$481K
- Marc PospisilTempe$8K
- Curtis HamannPhoenix$20M
- Mehrdad MehranfarPhoenix$967K
- Taylor KimApache Junction$389K
- Enrico DivitoScottsdale$289K
- Andrew EpsteinTucson$225K
- John YuOro Valley$209K
- Jennifer DerseScottsdale$170K
- Lauren BowenPhoenix$127K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.