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Nora Cantu, MD

Family Medicine · Sugar Land, TXNPI 1275568065

Payments from drug & device makers

$17,074in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 894 payments — averaging $19.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Abbott$2K
  • Novo Nordisk$2K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$1K
  • Amgen$945
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$850
  • AstraZeneca$844
  • plus $9K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$17,043100%
  • Education$310%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Abbott156$1,944
Novo Nordisk81$1,756
Lilly USA, LLC54$1,242
Amgen49$945
Boehringer Ingelheim32$850
AstraZeneca40$844
AbbVie(2 entities)53$840
GSK42$713
Bayer18$602
Optinose US, Inc.19$600
Pfizer33$491
Amarin Pharma, Inc.30$411
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.19$371
Astellas Pharma US Inc19$369
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.7$357
Johnson & Johnson15$328
Merck21$290
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC19$283
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC12$254
Bausch Health US, LLC10$245
Renalytix AI, Inc.7$237
Eisai Inc.18$236
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.14$232
Dexcom, Inc.12$227
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.12$211
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC9$209
Corcept Therapeutics6$205
ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc.3$177
Shield Therapeutics Inc7$119
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.6$115
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.2$115
Exact Sciences6$103
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$85
Biotissue Holdings Inc.1$73
Intuitive Surgical1$73
Radius Health, Inc.5$66
Seqirus USA Inc3$61
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.4$60
Avvisto Therapeutics, LLC2$54
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.3$51
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$50
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$41
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.2$36
Antares Pharma, Inc.2$31
Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$31
Clarus Therapeutics Inc.2$30
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$29
Genentech USA, Inc.2$26
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$26
Aerin Medical Inc.1$25
Dynavax Technologies Corporation1$21
Medtronic1$20
Viatris Specialty LLC1$20
Tris Pharma Inc1$19
Shire North American Group Inc1$19
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$19
Procept Biorobotics Corporation1$18
Mylan Specialty L.p.1$16
Vivus LLC1$16
Novartis1$16

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

$17,074 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 8,760 family medicine providers in Texas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$85,910
Medicare patients
259
Services billed
3,055

What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.

Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
OzempicSemaglutide104$140,746
MounjaroTirzepatide62$90,106
JardianceEmpagliflozin39$58,172
TrulicityDulaglutide20$39,087
EliquisApixaban30$35,432
ProliaDenosumab12$20,846
MyrbetriqMirabegron18$20,593
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate16$19,201
XareltoRivaroxaban23$12,752
VascepaIcosapent Ethyl16$9,083
Levothyroxine Sodium687$7,392
SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium74$5,749
Atorvastatin Calcium440$5,089
Liothyronine Sodium107$4,409
Losartan Potassium309$3,964

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Novo NordiskOzempic$1,756$140,746104 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity$1,242$129,19382 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$850$58,17239 claims
PfizerEliquis$491$35,43230 claims
AmgenProlia$945$20,84612 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$369$20,59318 claims
MerckJanuvia$290$19,20116 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$328$12,75223 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium, Unithroid$209$8,771726 claims
AbbVieSynthroid$840$5,74974 claims
NovartisDiovan$16$3,15211 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 8,760 family medicine providers in Texas.

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